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Patna : BJP National President J P Nadda and several senior leaders of the party including former Maharashtra chief minister and party’s Bihar election in-charge Devendra Fadnavis and General Secretary Bhupender Yadav will take part in a two-day virtual meeting of the state executive committee commencing on August 22, 2020, to discuss strategy for Bihar Assembly polls due in October-November.
This was announced here by Bihar BJP President Dr Sanjay Jaiswal, MP, on August 21, 2020. Dr Jaiswal said the meet will start with the address of Fadnavis while it will conclude on August 23 with the valedictory speech of Nadda. Political resolutions will be placed before the participants for approval on the first day of the meeting, he added.
The Election Commission has indicated it would go ahead with the electoral exercise notwithstanding concerns expressed by opposition parties and also by NDA partner LJP that it could lead to further spread of the COVID-19.
“This is a very important state executive committee meeting being held just before the assembly elections during which the party would give message to its 76 lakh workers in the state, said Dr Jaiswal, BJP MP from Paschimi Champaran parliamentary co stitue ncy in North Bihar.
The executive committee of the state was formed on March 20, 2020, but it could not hold any meeting till date due to lockdown enforced on March 24, 2020, in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting would be held in virtual mode, Dr Jaiswal said and added the BJP will be probably the first party in the country which is organising such an important meeting through virtual medium.