BJP’s planks for 2019: Social justice, national security
With an eye on ‘Mission 2019’, the BJP top brass including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah on Tuesday held a meeting of BJP chief ministers and deputy chief ministers. While the party exuded confidence that it will win the 2019 general elections with a bigger majority under Mr Modi’s leadership, the party’s poll strategy will focus mainly on government’s development initiatives along with its commitment towards social justice and the national security.
At the day long meeting, other than the Central and states’ schemes and their impact, BJP leaders also discussed National Register of Citizens, recently passed legislations regarding the SC/ST Act and constitutional status to the OBC Commission and the Citizenship amendment bill, issues which have more political impact.
Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh, who briefed the media later said that the party leaders discussed various development works and people centric schemes of the Centre and the states and expressed confidence that the party will emerge victorious in 2019 with a bigger majority than 2014, under Mr Modi's leadership.
The party also exuded confidence that it will retain power in three party ruled states —Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh — where Assembly polls are scheduled by the end of this year.
Earlier in the day, Mr Shah inaugurated the daylong meeting in which it was decided to meet targets of the ‘Swachh Bharat’ scheme in a timebound manner.
Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley and Nitin Gadkari also attended the meeting. Mr Modi joined the meeting later in the day.
The PM in his address spoke about laws passed by Parliament for welfare of Dalits, tribals and Other Backward Communities, besides measures such as hiking minimum support price for crops to benefit farmers.
Mr Modi also asked CMs to focus on speedy execution of Swachh Bharat and Gram Swaraj projects and take it to the masses during elections. Under ‘Swachh Bharat’ exercise, the government has been building toilets and focussing on cleanliness, and the ongoing ‘Gram Swaraj’ project in over 48,000 villages.