Amit Shah will meet Akali Dal and TDP leaders on Tuesday and hold similar meetings with the other allies in the coming days. (File Photo: Amit Shah)
BJP chief Amit Shah held a meeting with allies on Monday for better floor coordination in Parliament and also decided to hold a one-to-one meeting with them.
Mr Shah will meet Akali Dal and TDP leaders on Tuesday and hold similar meetings with the other allies in the coming days. The Budget session will begin on February 23.
Top NDA leaders, including union ministers Sushma Swaraj, Rajnath Singh besides Mr Shah, TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu and SAD president Sukhbir Badal, attended the 90-minute long meeting held at the residence of Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu.
Shiv Sena and Akali Dal raised the issue of "lack of coordination" in the ruling coalition and noted that there was better cohesion during the previous NDA government headed by Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
While Shiv Sena has been raising this issue for some time, it was joined today by Mr Badal who stressed on the need for better coordination in the view of upcoming Punjab polls.
Taking note of the concerns, Mr Shah assured them of having more frequent meetings starting Tuesday.
Briefing the media after the meeting, Venkaiah Naidu said the NDA leaders of nine parties deliberated over the issues likely to come up in the session and a common strategy.
A suggestion was also made to hold meeting of NDA lawmakers on the line of the BJP parliamentary party so that they could be informed about the government's "pro-poor, pro-weaker sections, pro-farmer" initiatives and are in a position to counter the opposition attack.
The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister said that the NDA meeting should be taking up larger issues concerning the nation and ideas to take it forward and not remain confined to party-specific matters which, he added, should be dealt in one on one meetings.
BJP allies also asked for taking the issue of the land bill to a conclusion at the earliest in view of the possibility of the opposition using it to target the ruling alliance.
An all-party meeting is also likely to be held ahead of the Budget session.