The meeting will be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah with the political and economic resolutions to be its highlights.
It will also focus on the role of the party ideologue, the late Deen Dayal Upadhyay, during his birth centenary and how best to commemorate the occasion.
The government is concerned over the latest GDP figures which have shown a growth rate of 5.7% and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has been talking of a package to revive economic growth after the November 8 demonetisation slowed it down. An economic resolution is also likely to be passed keeping the focus on demonetisation and the rollout of GST.
The sources said the economic resolution is likely to mention demonetisation as a “bold decision to curb the menace of corruption” and the passage of Goods and Services Tax (GST) as another feather in the Modi government’s cap.
Shah will deliver the inaugural address today while Modi will address the concluding session.
The prime minister is likely to address the concerns over the Indian economy and is all set to list his government’s achievements in the last three years.
Usually, the National Executive members alone attend the meeting but this time, the BJP is holding an extended meeting, with invitations going to all elected representatives of the party. Besides, state presidents, state general secretaries and several other party functionaries will also attend.
The first day of the two-day meeting, which began yesterday with the office bearers meeting, was dominated by Shah’ countrywide journey being hailed as “very successful” in view of his attempts to create a “conducive environment” for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
The BJP office bearers, who along with state party presidents and general secretaries met here at the NDMC Convention Centre to finalise the agenda of the National Executive meeting, reviewed the organisational work and said that the party workers’ morale was quite high after Shah’s nationwide tours and meetings.
During his nationwide tour, Shah travelled more than 50,000km, held 309 organisational meetings and 176 programmes, and interacted with 18,000 intellectuals across the country, BJP general secretary Bhupendra Yadav told reporters.
Besides, he said, Shah had 800 interactions with the regional media.
BJP vice president Vinay Sahasrabuddhe gave a presentation on Shah’s countrywide tour and said that it had rejuvenated the party workers.
“The BJP is a party of cadres and interaction with them has been the party’s speciality. Amitji’s countrywide tour has prepared a base for 2019 Lok Sabh polls,” a BJP leader, who was present in the meeting said on the conditions of anonymity.
Earlier, Shah inaugurated the party office bearers meeting and also addressed it. Sources said that he spoke at length about Upadhyay’s vision and the programmes taken by party to celebrate his birth centenary.
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