PM Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Health Minister JP Nadda with NDA Chief Ministers during a meeting in Chandigarh, on Oct 17. (PTI)
PM Modi will address an NDA meeting in Chandigarh, following the swearing-in of Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, to discuss development issues and the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Emergency.
After attending the swearing-in ceremony of Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Chief Ministers’ Council in Chandigarh.
The meeting comes ahead of the assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand and follows closely on the heels of the recent polls in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir.
Chief ministers and deputy chief ministers from the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA attended the conclave to discuss development issues, the Constitution’s ‘Amrit Mahotsav‘, and the 50th anniversary of the “attempt to murder” democracy, referring to the Emergency.
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Other than the chief ministers, Union ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and JP Nadda, who is also the BJP president, were present at the event. This meeting is seen as the ruling alliance’s renewed attack on Opposition parties, especially the Congress, following the BJP’s remarkable win in the Haryana assembly polls.
“Deliberations in this meeting will have a structured agenda covering national development issues. It will also discuss subjects like observance of Samvidhan Ka Amrut Mahotsav and the Year of 50th anniversary of the attempt to murder democracy,” the BJP said in a statement.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio will also lead discussions, it said.
There are 13 chief ministers and 16 deputy chief ministers belonging to the BJP, while the chief ministers of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim, Nagaland and Meghalaya are from its allies, the statement noted.
This will be the first conclave of NDA chief ministers of this kind in the last many years.
With the BJP and its allies set to take on the Opposition alliance in next month’s Maharashtra and Jharkhand polls, the ruling bloc is looking to draw momentum from its Haryana win to charge at its rivals.
