New Delhi, Sept 11: BJP president M Venkaiah Naidu's China visit slated to have begun from September 17 has been deferred and will now be mterailised after the assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Delhi. "Naidu's visit to China has now been deferred and the dates would be fixed at the mutual convenience of the BJP and the hosts, Communist Party of China. It would take place after the assembly elections," party spokesman Prakash Javedkar told reports here today.

Naidu was to have left for China immediately after the one-day meeting of party's central office bearers in Bangalore on September 10 but it was postponed to September 17.

Bureau Report