Smriti Irani On 2-Day Chhattisgarh Visit To Review BJP Operations, Meet CM
Co-in-charge of the party in Chhattisgarh Siddharth Sambu accompanied her: Reports
RAIPUR: BJP national general secretary in-charge of party affairs in Chhattisgarh Smriti Irani arrived here on Sunday to review the functioning of the party in the state over two days.
Ms. Irani is scheduled to meet party leaders including chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai and a host of his ministers separately to review the functioning of the party as well as coordination between the party and the organization in the state, sources said.
Co-in-charge of the party in Chhattisgarh Siddharth Sambu accompanied her.
Ms. Irani will meet party leaders during her two-day visit to Chhattisgarh, chief minister Mr. Sai said.
This is Ms. Irani’s first visit to Chhattisgarh after she was appointed to the party post.
Her visit assumes significance amid growing dissensions among a section of party leaders and workers over alleged lack of coordination between the party and the state government.
This apart, the Opposition Congress has initiated a move to galvanize its workers by chalking out various programmes to highlight alleged failures of the state BJP government.