Smriti Irani to hold meetings with BJP leaders, ministers during two-day Chhattisgarh visit
Raipur: BJP national general secretary and Chhattisgarh in-charge Smriti Irani, along with party national secretary and state co-in-charge Siddharth Shambhu, will undertake a two-day visit to Chhattisgarh on October 25 and 26, holding a series of meetings with party functionaries, elected representatives and members of the wider Sangh Parivar.
The visit will include organisational reviews and strategy discussions with the party’s core group, current and former office-bearers, MPs, MLAs, state ministers and heads of various corporations, boards and commissions.
On Sunday, the first day of the visit, Irani and Shambhu will listen to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Mann Ki Baat programme from 11am to 11.30am. This will be followed by a meeting with the state BJP president, state general secretary (organisation) and other state general secretaries to discuss organisational matters.
A review and strategy meeting with state office-bearers is scheduled from 12.30pm to 1.30pm, followed by a joint meeting with divisional in-charges, district in-charges and district presidents.
In the afternoon, the two leaders will meet former MPs and MLAs from 3.30pm to 5pm, followed by a meeting with former state office-bearers from 5.30pm to 7pm. The day’s schedule will conclude with a BJP core group meeting from 7pm to 8.30pm.
On Monday, October 26, Irani and Shambhu will hold an organisational meeting with all BJP MLAs from 10am to 11.30am, followed by a meeting with the party’s MPs from 11.30am to 12.30pm.
A special meeting with state cabinet ministers is scheduled from 12.30pm to 2pm. Later, the leaders will review the functioning of various corporations, boards and commissions with their chairpersons and vice-chairpersons from 3pm to 4.30pm.
The two-day visit will conclude with an interaction with senior office-bearers and representatives of the wider Sangh Parivar from 4.30pm to 5.30pm.
The packed schedule is expected to provide a platform for discussions on organisational functioning, coordination between the party and its elected representatives, and strategies to strengthen the BJP’s political and organisational activities in Chhattisgarh.
