Naredra Modi (file photo)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today met BJP general secretaries and discussed with them organisational matters and also measures to strengthen the party ahead of assembly elections in some key states.
Mr Modi spent over an hour with the ten party general secretaries over breakfast at his residence in Delhi seeking suggestions from them on improving governance and strengthening the party. He asked the party leaders to act as a bridge between the people and the government.
This is the first such meeting called by Mr Modi after he took charge as the Prime Minister on Monday.
Mr Modi will meet more party workers and leaders at the BJP headquarters at Ashok Road tomorrow evening, in a bid to touch base with them and thank them for their efforts in ensuring the success of the party in the Lok Sabha elections.
The meeting is believed to be an attempt to ensure that organisational strength of the BJP is not weakened in the wake of the massive mandate the party received in the recent Lok-Sabha elections.
Senior BJP leaders said the aim is to keep the party vibrant and not to let the guard down after the party's emphatic victory.
"Inspired by motivational msg from Hon'ble PM Shri @narendramodi ji, at a meeting with party GSs, to serve party and nation with renewed vigour," party general secretary Varun Gandhi tweeted after the meeting.
Apart from discussing ways to bridge the gap between the government and the common people, there were also talks of building a mechanism which would make it easy to get suggestions from the common people and party supporters for effective and good governance.
Sources said the Prime Minister also asked the party leaders to prepare for assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana later this year and Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir and Bihar next year.
Besides, he also asked them to be prepared for the assembly elections in 2016 in states of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry.
Among the party leaders who attended today's meeting were the BJP president Rajnath Singh, general secretary (organisation) Ram Lal and Amit Shah, Ananth Kumar, Dharmendra Pradhan, Varun Gandhi, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Thawarchand Gehlot, J P Nadda, Tapir Gao and Murlidhar Rao.