Bhubaneswar: BJP president Amit Shah reached Bhubaneswar to a grand welcome on Friday as the party sets its eyes on the coastal state ahead of 2019, starting with a two-day national executive meet over the weekend.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reach Odisha on Saturday. All 13 BJP chief ministers, including Uttar Pradesh’s Yogi Adityanath, their deputies, 45 Union ministers and senior BJP leaders will also attend the meet to prepare a roadmap for the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections in 2019.
Shah was offered two lotus garlands — one with 21 flowers representing the Lok Sabha seats in the state and another with 147 marking the Assembly seats (left). The BJP is holding its national executive meeting in the temple city after a gap of 20 years. “The state leadership requested Shah to help it in winning all the 21 Lok Sabha and 147 Assembly seats in the state,” said a leader.
