New Delhi: The BJP will get "absolute majority" in the 2019 assembly elections, party president Amit Shah told office bearers during a meeting of its national office bearers today in New Delhi, new agency ANI said. "BJP has the most popular leaders in the country. We should win with even more seats than the previous election," he said during the inaugural meeting. The meeting will be followed by the national meeting this afternoon.
The two-day meeting, which will be attended by the central leadership, comes in the backdrop of signs of unrest among upper castes, a core support base of the BJP, farmers' protests and angst of the SC/ST community.
The BJP national office bearers meeting is also likely to respond to concerns over the rise in oil prices and refer to the previous UPA government's "mismanagement of the economy" as it meets ahead of the Assembly polls in five states, with the Lok Sabha election less than eight months away, news agency PTI said.
BJP president Amit Shah delivered the inaugural address in the presence of the party's top leaders, including Prime Minister Modi, on Saturday afternoon, while the latter is scheduled to give the valedictory speech on Sunday.
Here are the LIVE updates on the BJP national office bearers meeting:
Sep 08, 2018 15:12 (IST)
A slogan of "Ajey BJP" (Invincible BJP) was adopted at the meeting of the party's national office bearers and also presidents of its state units. Mr Shah told the leaders to work for the party's victory in the five states and a decision was taken to give extra emphasis on the elections in Telangana, which is expected to go polls with Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, said party sources.
Sep 08, 2018 15:12 (IST)
The BJP has decided to fight the parliamentary polls in 2019 under the leadership of party president Amit Shah. The party has decided to defer internal polls, to select a new leader, as Amit Shah's term as president ends in January 2019, sources have told NDTV.
Sep 08, 2018 13:14 (IST)
The venue of the meet, Ambedkar International Centre, has been carefully chosen to promote BJP's Scheduled Caste outreach.
Sep 08, 2018 10:44 (IST)
The party has chosen the Ambedkar International Centre for the meeting.
Sep 08, 2018 10:39 (IST)
BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain told reporters that the executive will discuss all the topical issues. He, though, did not elaborate further.