Narendra Modi to meet Advani, Vajpayee, PM
New
Delhi,
Dec
29:
Gujarat
Chief
Minister
Narendra
Modi,
who
conquered
Gujarat
for
the
second
time
earlier
this
month,
is
expected
to
meet
his
senior
party
leaders
Atal
Bihari
Vajpayee,
L
K
Advani,
party
president
Rajnath
Singh,
besides
Prime
Minister
Dr
Manmohan
Singh
later
in
the
day.
This will be Modi"s first visit to the Capital after being sworn-in as the Chief Minister for the third time on December 25. He is yet to announce his new cabinet. The BJP had registered a thumping victory by winning 117 seats, ten less than its 2002 figure. The Congress, on the other hand, could manage just 59 seats. He won his Maninagar seat by defeating Congress' candidate and Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dinshaw Patel by 87,000 votes.
Modi became Gujarat's Chief Minister for the first time in October 2001, after being promoted to that office when his predecessor Keshubhai Patel resigned following the defeat of the BJP in local body elections.
Then, he registered a convincing victory in the 2002 Assembly election, winning 126 seats in the 182-member Assembly.
ANI
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