BJP National Executive meet: BJP believes in the politics of performance, says Amit Shah

This meeting of the BJP National Executive is being organized on the occasion of Deen Dayal Upadhyay's birth anniversary.

The National Executive Meet on the first day of 2-day session the members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) pledged to make India corruption free, said Union Minister Piyush Goyal.

In a press conference, Piyusha Goyal conveyed party chief Amit Shah's address to the national meet.

Commenting on Rahul Gandhi's speech in US, Goyal said, "Rahul Gandhi has been undermining India these days. People of India and BJP do not stand with the way Rahul Gandhi spoke about Indian politics on an International platform."

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Amit Shah criticised Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on dynastic politics and said the BJP believes in the politics of performance while the Congress banks on the "politics of appeasement and dynasty".

Shah said the current president, vice president and the prime minister had reached their position due to their work, despite their humble origins.

Goyal anncounced that "Amit Shah ji said that from October 3-17 BJP workers will do a 'padyatra' in Kerala and connect with the people."

"The Government is relentlessly working in the interests of the poor. 70 years post-Independence, India is still struggling under a lot of challenges," Goyal said.

Goyal further said that Amit Shah has condemned the incidences of violence across various parts of the country.

In the second media interaction, Union Minister Nitin Gadkar said the executive meet raised development issues in Jammu and Kashmir and made clear that India have zero tolerance towards terrorism.

On bilateral realtions with Pakistan, he said, "We want friendship with Pakistan, hence the PM Modi broke protocol to meet former PM Nawaz Sharif."

"PM Modi succeeded in giving priority to the issue of terrorism in the whole world and also in exposing Pakistan," he said.

Gadkari further said that in solving the Doklam satndoff, Modi has introduced political maturity and diplomacy.

A two-day BJP national executive meet has begun today in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to dispel concerns over the state of economy and lay down his government's economic and political agenda.

The party's national office bearers, including its president Amit Shah, state chiefs and other key organisational leaders will meet today. The. The executive meet likely to discuss the Rohingya crisis, roadmap for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and to review its performance and the impact of policies.

This meeting of the BJP National Executive is being organized on the occasion of Deen Dayal Upadhyay's birth anniversary.

A key highlight of the meeting will be the presence of the party's all elected lawmakers, including close to 1,400 MLAs, 337 MPs and all MLCs besides its core group leaders from states among others on Monday.

(With agency inputs)