From Our Bureau
NEW DELHI: Five top level BJP leaders held a 2-day meeting here for the organisational revamp in the context of the party’s setback in the Assembly elections in Karntaka and Himachal Pradesh.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP President Jagat Prakash Nadda and Organising General Secretary B L Santosh (borrowed from the RSS) as also Vice-preiden Saudan Singh and general secretary Sunil Bansal.
Besides the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, they also discussed the Assembly electiond in five states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Maharashtra.
They considered state-wise situation and also discussed change of some state presidents and the in-charge organising secretaries. The party is also serious on the issue of Telangana. Move is afoot to exchange some of the office-bearers with the ministers in a possible reshuffle at the Centre, the party sources said.
The meeting also discussed appointments of posts in the states like Rajasthan, Bihar and Odisha where the state presidents have been appointed recently. Also expected are the new appointments in Uttar Pradesh. The leaders gave a nod for an electoral alliance with the TDP in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.