BJP national executive meet underway in Delhi; PM Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh attend

The meeting is expected to deliberate on recent by-poll results and decide on the strategy for upcoming Assembly elections. The meeting is expected to start soon today and the opening speech will be delivered by JP Nadda and culminate with the speech of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party`s crucial National Executive meeting, which is expected to deliberate on the outcome of recent bypolls and chalk out a strategy for the upcoming assembly elections in five states, began in the national capital on Sunday.

The BJP's national executive meeting, which is normally held once in three months according to the party's constitution, is being held for the first time since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic last year.

The crucial meeting is taking place at the NDMC Convention Centre in New Delhi with top BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief JP Nadda, and Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari and Piyush Goyal among others attending it. 

The party's national office-bearers, its national executive members from the national capital and several Union ministers will be physically present in the meeting, while the chief ministers of states where the party is in power and national executive members from these states will virtually attend the meeting.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends BJP National Executive Committee meeting in Delhi pic.twitter.com/Fvy5sY0aTI — ANI (@ANI) November 7, 2021

The PM earlier arrived at the NDMC Centre for the National Executive meeting.

Delhi | BJP's National Executive Committee meeting gets underway at NDMC Convention Centre pic.twitter.com/7v4P94PUMB — ANI (@ANI) November 7, 2021

He was soon followed by Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari and Piyush Goyal. Earlier, Union Ministers Anurag Singh Thakur, Hardeep Puri, former Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav, Union Minister of State Vijay Kumar Singh also arrived at the venue. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was also spotted at the meeting venue.

Delhi | Home minister Amit Shah and Union minister Piyush Goyal arrive at the NDMC Convention Centre to take part in BJP national executive meeting pic.twitter.com/8EtMlQEze2 — ANI (@ANI) November 7, 2021

BJP veterans LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi are also attending the BJP National Executive Committee meeting virtually.

The BJP national executive will deliberate upon the upcoming assembly elections in five states, and a resolution will also be passed in the meeting, according to the agenda of the meeting.

The meeting will begin with the inaugural address by BJP president Nadda, and Prime Minister Modi will address the valedictory session. At the NDMC Convention Centre - the meeting venue, musicians from across the country played traditional instruments to greet those attending the meet. 

The meeting is being attended by 124 party members of which some leaders will attend through video conferencing. The seven states slated to go for Assembly elections in the year 2022 are Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat.

During the meeting, all "important" issues will be taken up for deliberations. The party is also likely to laud the central government for its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the vaccination drive, and hail Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his development initiatives and successful foreign visits.

The robust revival in economic activities with the record GST collection last month following a slump due to the pandemic is also likely to come up for deliberation at the meeting. However, it is the recent bypoll results in three Lok Sabha and 29 assembly seats spread across 13 states and a Union Territory that may weigh on the minds of the party leadership as it meets for the first time in a physical meeting following the pandemic's outbreak last year.