NEW DELHI: Starting from 31st July, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a series of marathon meetings spanning six days, bringing together 430 NDA MPs from across the country in 11 clusters. These crucial meetings aim to chart the roadmap and strategize NDA’s response to the opposition coalition called I.N.D.I.A.
“It’s not just about grabbing power; NDA is an alliance for service, to strengthen and unite the country,” emphasized JP Nadda, BJP President, during the significant NDA meeting on July 18th, where 38 political parties, including BJP, AIADMK, and Shiv Sena, gathered.
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The first meeting on 31st July will include 42 MPs from Uttar Pradesh (Paschim, Braj, and Kanpur-Bundelkhand) at 6.30 pm, led by in-charge MPs Santosh Gangwar & Bhola Singh. Hosted by Sanjeev Balyan & BL Verma, the meeting will be attended by Nitin Gadkari and JP Nadda. Subsequently, another meeting will gather 41 MPs from West Bengal, Jharkhand, and Odisha at 7.30 pm, graced by the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh, and hosted by Dharmendra Pradhan and Shantanu Thakur.
Following this, on 2nd August, a meeting with 48 MPs from Uttar Pradesh (Kashi, Gorakhpur, and Awadh) will be held in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh at Maharashtra Sadan. This meeting will be organized by Anupriya Patel and Mahendra Nath Pandey. Subsequently, another meeting will gather 48 MPs from Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Puducherry, Andaman, and Nicobar Islands, and Lakshadweep. Hosted by Union Ministers Prahlad Joshi and V Muraleedharan, it will be attended by JP Nadda and Nitin Gadkari.
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Continuing on 3rd August, two sets of meetings will be held—one with 27 MPs from Bihar and the other with 36 MPs from Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Chandigarh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. On 8th and 9th August, meetings will convene with MPs from Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat, Dadra Nagar Haveli, Daman N Diu, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh, followed by a final meeting with 31 MPs from Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya, and Tripura.
On 18th July, a significant meeting of NDA members, called by PM Modi and BJP chief JP Nadda, saw the participation of 38 political parties. Notable attendees included Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), AIADMK, Shiv Sena, National People’s Party, Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party, Sikkim Krantikari Morcha, Jannayak Janta Party, and others.