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BJP chief JP Nadda meets Manoj Tiwari

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Published : Feb 13, 2020, 3:23 PM IST

A meeting between BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda and Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari took place on Thursday, following party's drubbing in the Delhi Assembly elections. On Wednesday, Manoj Tiwari had met newly-elected MLAs at the party office.

BJP chief JP Nadda meets Manoj Tiwari
BJP chief JP Nadda meets Manoj Tiwari

New Delhi: BJP president JP Nadda on Thursday held a meeting with party's Delhi chief Manoj Tiwari, two days after its resounding defeat in the assembly polls here.

Party general secretary (organisation) BL Santosh was also present in the meeting.

According to sources, the meeting lasted for over two hours and was attended by almost all BJP general secretaries.

The newly-elected BJP legislators included Vijender Gupta (Rohini), Mohan Singh Bisht (Karawal Nagar), Jitender Mahajan (Rohtas Nagar), Ajay Mahawar (Ghonda), Anil Kumar Bajpai (Gandhi Nagar) and Ramvir Singh Bidhuri (Badarpur).

A number of issues came up for discussion in the meeting, where the BJP leaders pointed out that the party's vote share had increased in the national capital and it put up a brave poll show, the sources said.

On Wednesday, Nadda had held a meeting with party general secretaries to discuss the election results.

The ruling AAP galloped to a landslide victory by winning 62 of the 70 seats in the Delhi Assembly elections in the face of a high-voltage campaign by the BJP, which fielded a battery of Union Ministers and Chief Ministers in its electioneering, spearheaded by Home Minister Amit Shah.

The BJP marginally improved its tally, managing just eight seats from its 2015's tally of three seats. AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal will take oath for the third straight time at Ramlila Maidan on February 16. (With agency inputs)

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