Lok Sabha polls 2023: PM Modi to meet NDA MPs today, discuss plans for elections

Lok Sabha polls 2023: To counter the opponent parties and prepare a plan for the upcoming general assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is set to hold meetings with groups of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) MPs on Monday. He will also meet the party leaders and MPs on August 10.

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As elections are coming closer, BJP is actively engaged in communicating with party leaders and those of other alliance parties. On Tuesday, party leaders organised a meeting in the national capital. The meeting was joined by 10 NDA groups. These groups were formed to deliberate on programmes for the 2024 general election, party sources said. 

Cluster 1 meetings

Main aim behind the creation of NDA goups is to bring more synergy to the poll efforts of NDA constituents. 

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold Cluster -1 meetings with groups of NDA MPs from West Uttar Pradesh, Bundelkhand and Brij region on Monday at 6 PM at Maharashtra Sadan. BJP National President JP Nadda, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Home Minister Amit shah will also be present at the meeting, a source told ANI.

Cluster 2 meetings

The Cluster -2 meetings with groups of NDA MPs from West Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha are scheduled at 7 PM on Monday at the Parliament Annexe building. Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh will be present at the meeting.

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"Ten groups of MPs have been formed. PM Modi is to chair the meetings of each group," a source told ANI. Meetings on the first day will have MPs from Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Jharkhand, and Odisha, the source added. 

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The BJP will also celebrate the 25th anniversary of the NDA, with the ruling alliance seeking to set the narrative for the 2024 poll battle.

25 years of NDA

The saffron party will celebrate the 25 years of the National Democratic Alliance by setting the narrative for the 2024 poll battle. According to sources, the Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Amit Shah, and Rajnath Singh, along with BJP chief JP Nadda are coordinating with NDA leaders for the meeting.

NDA Programmes will be managed by four leaders including Bhupendra Yadav, Sarbananda Sonowal, Tarun Chugh, and Rituraj, are handling the responsibility for the NDA programmes. Four more leaders including Prahlad Patel, Arjun Ram Meghwal, and V Muraleedharan are associated with them. These leaders will also be assisted by other ministers and MPs in their tasks.

Different programmes will be held in different state bhavans in the natoonal capital including Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.