New Delhi: BJP president J P Nadda chaired a meeting with the party's national secretaries on Sunday where he reviewed the organisational activities and the preparations for the upcoming Assembly polls in five states. They later called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his official residence here and briefed him. This was Nadda's first physical meeting with these BJP office-bearers following their appointment last year.
A party leader noted that the BJP general secretaries also called on Modi after their first physical meeting with Nadda. At the secretaries' meeting with Nadda, the ongoing organisational activities, including those related to promoting the Covid vaccination drive, were discussed.
The Assembly elections in five states, due early next year, and several bypolls were also discussed, sources said. The meeting lasted for more than an hour. Modi held similar meetings at his residence last month with the BJP general secretaries and the heads of the saffron party's different wings.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with the Indian athletes' contingent for the Tokyo Olympics on July 13 via video conferencing. The PMO said the interaction by Modi is an endeavour to motivate the athletes ahead of their participation at the games. He had recently reviewed the preparations for the facilitation of the Indian contingent at Tokyo-2020.
He had also discussed the inspirational journeys of some of the athletes on his Mann Ki Baat radio broadcast, besides urging the nation to come forward and wholeheartedly support them, the PMO noted. A total of 126 athletes across 18 sports disciplines from India will be heading to Tokyo. This is the biggest-ever contingent India is sending to any Olympics, the PMO said, noting that the 69 cumulative events across 18 sport disciplines that India will participate in is also the highest ever for the country.
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