Surajkund (Haryana):
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari today opened the national executive of the party in Surajkund in Haryana. During the three-day deliberations, the BJP is expected to formulate its strategy on the current political and economic situation in the country. The event will be followed by a two-day National Council meeting, starting on September 27.
During the national executive meeting, the party is also expected to focus on "misgovernance" by the Congress-led UPA government and highlight recent scams including the allocation of coal mines, 2G telecom spectrum and the 2010 Commonwealth Games, as pointed out by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG).
Apart from its top leaders, chief ministers and deputy chief ministers from NDA-ruled states, 300 delegates are present at the national executive, while 1,200 will attend the BJP National Council meet.
On the eve of the national executive, BJP Vice President Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said yesterday that the party top brass including LK Advani, Nitin Gadkari, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Murli Manohar Joshi, Rajnath Singh, Venkaiah Naidu and others will give a final shape to its proposed roadmap against UPA's "corruption and misgovernance".
The party's immediate priority is elections in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat by the year-end and in Karnataka early next year. The BJP is in power in all the three states.
After the day-long National Executive on September 26 and National Council on September 27 and 28, a rally will be held on September 28.
The party meet comes at a time when the UPA has seen the exit of the Trinamool Congress from the coalition over the issue of FDI in retail and a hike in diesel prices, something that has seen opposition parties gunning for the Congress.
"People of this nation who are opposing the policies of UPA and have taken to the streets to expose corruption and scams indulged by it are doing constructive service to nation. They expect that they continue to do scams and corruption and we praise it and showers petals on its corrupt ministers.... They will not sit quietly," Mr Naqvi said on Tuesday.