2024 Lok Sabha Poll Preparations: PM Modi To Meet 430 NDA MPs From 31 July To 10 August

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has divided its 430 NDA MPs into 11 groups, with each group scheduled to hold separate meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi from 31 July to 10 August.

The aim of meetings is to enhance coherence and synergy in the poll efforts of the ruling alliance.

The meetings will include prominent party leaders such as Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, and BJP chief JP Nadda.

On 31 July, PM Modi will meet with two groups comprising a total of 83 MPs from western Uttar Pradesh, Bundelkhand, Braj, as well as West Bengal, Jharkhand, and Odisha, new agency ANI reported citing sources.

The first session will be attended by Nadda and Gadkari, while the second session will have the presence of Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh.

The coordination of these meetings will be handled by Union Ministers Sanjeev Baliyan, BL Verma, and Dharmendra Pradhan.

Meetings will be held on 2 August for the third and fourth groups, which consist of 96 MPs from various regions including Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and Lakshadweep.

Union Ministers Anupriya Patel, Mahendra Nath Pandey, Pralhad Joshi, and V Muraleedharan will be coordinating these meetings.

The fifth and sixth groups, comprising 63 MPs from Bihar, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Chandigarh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, are scheduled to meet Prime Minister Modi on 3 August.

Union Ministers Nityanand Rai, Anurag Thakur, and Ajay Bhatt will be coordinating these sessions.

Union Ministers Amit Shah and Nitin Gadkari will also be present during these meetings.

The coordination of these meetings will be handled by Bharati Pawar and Kapil Patil. In the evening of 8 August, meetings will be held for the seventh and eighth groups from Rajasthan.

The presence of JP Nadda and Rajnath Singh is expected during these meetings, which will be coordinated by Ministers Arjun Ram Meghwal and Kailash Choudhary.

These groups will include 28 MPs from the state. Prime Minister Modi is expected to hold meetings with MPs from Gujarat, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman, and Diu on 9 August.

The meetings will be attended by Nadda and Gadkari, and will be coordinated by Union Ministers Purushottam Rupala and Darshana Jardosh. A total of 35 MPs will be participating in the meeting.

Additionally, on the same day, Prime Minister Modi will meet with MPs from Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, with the presence of Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh. The meeting, involving 46 MPs, will be coordinated by Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Renuka Singh.

NDA MPs from Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya, and Tripura are scheduled to meet with the Prime Minister on 9 August.

The meetings will be attended by Nadda and Gadkari, and will be coordinated by Union Ministers Sarbananda Sonowal and Kiren Rijiju. A total of 31 MPs will be participating in these meetings.

These meetings are reportedly part of the BJP's efforts to reach out to people about the welfare scheme of the government as part of preparations for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.