Kozhikode: PM Narendra Modi is scheduled to address a public meeting in
Sunday’s terror attack in Kashmir that killed 18 Indian soldiers loomed large on day one of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s three-day national meet that started in Kerala’s
BJP president Amit Shah will also speak on Saturday, and deliver his address to the party on Sunday, when the PM will give the valedictory speech.
The meet is significant because it is being seen as important for BJP’s efforts to establish a hold in the southern state where it has never had a strong organisation. However, the Uri terror attack has somewhat sidelined the original agenda of the meet, reports said.
In his address to party office-bearers in
Amid demands for tough action against
Madhav, who has advocated punitive action against Pakistan, parried questions about the party's position on the terror attack, but made it clear that it would be deliberated in the meet to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“A lot has happened in the last three days, especially on the diplomatic front. The party will air its views in the coming days. Let's wait for a while,” Mr Madhav said.
Soon after the terror attack in north Kashmir’s Uri, Mr Madhav had said India must adopt the policy of “for one tooth, the complete jaw”, asserting that the days of strategic restraint were over.
Taking on
During deliberations with BJP leaders, Shah on Friday, the party asked its state governments to execute schemes aimed at the welfare of the poor in the centenary birth anniversary year of its ideologue Deen Dayal Upadhyay.
The BJP said on Friday that it was keen to expand in Kerala and prepared to coordinate with and accept any political party into its fold.
