JP Nadda to chair 2-day meeting of BJP general secretaries from Saturday
New
Delhi,
June
04:
BJP
chief
JP
Nadda
will
chair
a
two-day
in-person
meeting
of
the
party''s
general
secretaries
starting
Saturday
to
review
the
relief
work
done
by
party
workers
amid
the
pandemic
and
the
issue
of
assembly
elections
in
several
states
next
year
including
Uttar
Pradesh
may
also
come
up
for
discussion,
sources
said.
The
meeting
is
the
first
to
be
held
after
the
outbreak
of
the
second
wave
of
COVID-19.
It also assumes significance as it is expected to brainstorm on the BJP''s preparations and strategy for assembly elections which are seen as semi-final to the 2024 general elections, a source said.
Assembly elections are also due in Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Manipur, Uttarkhand and Goa next year. Out of these states, the BJP is power in four states barring Punjab.
The meeting may also discuss the party''s performance in recently-held assembly elections in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry, the source said.
It is expected to attended by all eight general secretaries of the BJP -- Bhupender Yadav, C T Ravi, Dushyant Gautam, D Purandeshwari, Arun Singh, Dilip Saikia, Kailash Vijayvarghiya, Tarun Chugh, along with its general secretary (organisation) BL Santhosh and joint general secretary (organisation) Shivprakash, the source said.
Delhi CM Kejriwal discusses preparations for possible third wave of COVID-19
The two-day meeting will take stock of the relief and Covid preventive work done by BJP workers amid, the source said.
In the aftermath of loss in West Bengal despite improving its tally, the BJP will leave no stone unturned to retain Uttar Pradesh, a victory much required for the party to strengthen its position for the 2024 general elections, the source said.
The party''s top brass may also issue a set of directions on how to continue with relief work and further expand it in case of the third wave of the deadly virus, the source added.