With eye on upcoming polls, PM Modi and Shah hold day-long meeting with BJP CMs

New Delhi, Aug 27: Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah presided over a meeting of the Chief Ministers of BJP ruled states in Delhi on Tuesday.

BJP sources said the conference of chief ministers, in which the top brass takes stock of works going on in states ruled by the party and issues them directions, has assumed added significance due to the upcoming assembly elections in three states and the Lok Sabha polls and these would be likely discussed in the day-long meeting.

Assembly polls are due in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, all ruled by the BJP, later this year.

The agenda of good governance and running pro-poor policies has been a key feature of the chief ministers' meetings, which have been taking place regularly since Modi took over as prime minister in 2014.

BJP's deputy chief ministers in different states also attended the meeting.