NADDA CHAIRS KEY BJP MEETING ON ELECTION RESULTS, COVID-19 WORK

NEW DELHI: As it begins preparations for elections in as many as seven states next year, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has begun taking stock of the work being undertaken by the party cadre to ensure public outreach and address problems being faced by people during the ongoing second Covid-19 wave, people aware of the matter said.

On Saturday, a two-day meeting between BJP national president JP Nadda, general secretaries and office bearers of the party began, with a report on work undertaken by the party being shared. Heads of various morchas also shared a report.

According to people cited above, Nadda and general secretary organisation BL Santhosh also met Prime Minister Narendra Modi later in the day to apprise him about the meeting.

The meeting also took stock of the party’s performance in the recently concluded assembly elections in five states. “General secretaries CT Ravi, Dilip Saikia gave a report on the party’s performance in Tamil Nadu and Assam. Kailash Vijayvargiya presented a report on West Bengal and Mr Santosh gave a brief overview of the elections in Kerala. On Sunday, the office bearers are likely to begin work on planning for the upcoming elections,” said one functionary.

“State in-charges of pollbound states like Uttarakhand, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh will be part of the second day’s meeting,” the functionary said. The BJP has faced criticism from its opponents for focusing on elections during the second wave of Covid-19, a charge it has rejected.