BJP stand on Uri by conclave end

KOZHIKODE: The BJP may articulate its views on the Uri Army camp attack by Pakistan-sponsored  terrorists at the conclusion of the national council meeting here on Sunday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi may also deal with the issue in his speech during the public rally to be held on the Kozhikode beach on Saturday evening.  BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav told reporters on the sidelines of the  national council meeting that  the party understood the sentiments of the people.  All the important issues, including the Uri terror attack, will be taken up at the appropriate level and revealed to the people  within the next two days, he said.

Mr. Madhav  denied the speculations regarding the border situation, including that  that Russian troops had joined Pakistan for a combined show of strength and that  Chinese forces too had come over. Many things have happened  on the diplomatic level, he said and added,  “we will wait and see.  Now so many things are floating around.   In fact,  this national council is  different from the earlier ones as  we are engaged in constructive thinking,” he  said.

The council will come up with  various  programmes for the next one year along with empowerment of the weaker sections under Antyodaya which was brought forth by Jan Sangh's former all -India national president Deendayal Upadhyaya whose  birth centenary celebrations will be launched by Mr Modi on Sunday. Regarding the party’s growth  in Kerala, Mr. Madhav said  it had secured  15 percent vote share, which is substantial. Earlier,  at a meeting of the  general secretaries and state organising secretaries,   national president Amit Shah pulled them up for under-performing even after being in power for the last two-and-a-half years.

A top Kerala BJP leader told DC that within a year, 'Garib Kalyan,'  a novel initiative propagated by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan,  would be implemented in all the BJP-ruled  states.  “Amit Shah has asked  the  national general secretaries and  organising secretaries that 80 programmes of Mr Modi would have to reach the downtrodden,” said the  Kerala  leader.

The council meeting will resume  at 9.30 a.m.  on Saturday and end by 3 p.m. Mr  Modi will address  a public rally on the beach in the evening when he may raise the Uri terror attack Mr Modi will attend   the  'Smriti Sandhya' at  Zamorin's Higher Secondary School at 7.30 p.m.    where there will be a reunion of the former Jan Sangh leaders  who had attended its earlier session in 1967 when  Deendayal Upadhyaya was elected as the all-India president. Political and economic resolutions will be passed by the national council on Sunday.