Assembly polls | BJP chief Nadda meets party leaders from Madhya Pradesh
The Hindu
Besides CM Chauhan, the meeting was attended by party’s State chief V.D. Sharma, Minister Narottam Mishra and national general secretary Kailash Vijavargiya.
Bharatiya Janata Party president JP Nadda on Thursday, April 28, 2022, held a meeting with senior leaders of the party's Madhya Pradesh unit including Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
The meeting, which was held at 11 Ashoka Road, the BJP's old headquarters, was aimed at taking stock of the BJP's preparation for the Assembly polls scheduled to be held in Madhya Pradesh next year, sources said.
Besides Mr. Chouhan, the meeting was attended by BJP's state president V.D. Sharma, senior Minister in the State government, Narottam Mishra and the party's national general secretary Kailash Vijavargiya.
BJP's poll in-charge for the state Muralidhar Rao and the party's national general secretary (organisation) BL Santhosh were also present in the meeting.
In the 2018 assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, the BJP had the lost elections narrowly and the Congress went on to form the government.
But later defections in the Congress led by Jyotiraditya Scindia, who along with his supporters joined the BJP, again brought the saffron party back to power in the state.
Mr. Nadda has been holding meeting with leaders from States which are scheduled to go for polls next year.
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