Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Nabin on 23 August held an intensive meeting with the party office bearers to discuss a range of organisational matters, especially the strategy for high-stakes assembly polls due next year in seven states, including Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat, news agency PTI said quoting sources.
The crucial meeting was attended by the newly-appointed office bearers of the party, presidents of its state units, in-charges of the BJP state units and other senior functionaries at the BJP headquarters here, according to sources.
BJP national general secretary (organisation) BL Santhosh was also present at the meeting, which delved into measures for strengthening grassroots outreach and youth connect, especially in the states where elections are due next year, the sources said.
"Today, at the BJP headquarters, I participated in the meeting held with the newly appointed national office-bearers, state presidents, and state organisation general secretaries, and engaged in detailed discussions on various organisational matters," Nabin said in a post on X after the meeting.
Assemly polls in UP, Gujarat and Punjab next year
Assembly polls are due in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur and Gujarat in 2027. The BJP is in power in five of these poll-bound states, except Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. While the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) currently rules Punjab, the Congress is in power in Himachal Pradesh.
"It's a crucial meeting to discuss a range of organisational matters with prime focus on the party's preparations and strategy for the upcoming elections in states next year," a source told PTI.
This comes a day after Nabin held his first meeting with all newly appointed national office bearers of the party. Former office bearers of the BJP's national team were also present.
In another meeting presided over by the BJP chief on Saturday, party state unit presidents and organising secretaries were also present,
After the day-long meeting concluded on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also visited the BJP headquarters and interacted with all 67 newly-appointed national office bearers of the party. The prime minister's meeting lasted for more than five hours.
"Organisational meetings are all about new ideas and perspectives aimed at strengthening the Party and deepening connect with the people. Great interaction with fellow party colleagues and the new organisational team," PM Modi said in a post, sharing pictures from his meeting with the party leaders.
The prime minister listened to each of the office bearers and gave “vital suggestions,” news agencies said citing sources.
PM interacts with new BJP office-bearers
"During the interaction with the newly appointed office-bearers, the prime minister listened to each of them very attentively and offered guidance through his suggestions along the way. Modi urged the new office-bearers to increase outreach and connect with the youth, emphasising the need to stay grounded and engage in greater on-the-ground activity," a source told news agency PTI.
The BJP national office-bearers meeting on Saturday also passed a resolution, condemning the Congress for its decision to sing just two stanzas of Vande Mataram at its events, and vowed to protect the "dignity and the national status" of the full version of the national song.
In a 10-point resolution passed at the meeting, the ruling party also asserted that it will launch a nationwide campaign to spread the significance of Vande Mataram and reminded the Congress that a resolution of its working committee cannot override the constitutional institutions or laws of India.
The BJP also resolved to educate and mobilise people, especially the younger generation, so that all six stanzas of the national song and its history are not forgotten, and future generations understand the "sacrifices, struggles and patriotic awakening with which Vande Mataram is inseparably associated".
Organisational meetings are all about new ideas and perspectives aimed at strengthening the Party and deepening connect with the people.
"A political compromise of 1937 cannot be elevated above the constitutional settlement of 1950 and legislation enacted by Parliament in 2026," the party stated in the resolution.
