BJP National Executive to discuss Land Bill

A two-day meeting of the newly- reconstituted National Executive of the BJP on April 3-4 will take stock of various programmes initiated by the Narendra Modi government in the last 10 months and focus on the pro-farmer credentials of the Land Bill in a bid to blunt the opposition attack.
Being held after a long gap in the south, the conclave that will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah, Cabinet Ministers and top leaders like L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, is also expected to evolve a strategy for expanding the party's base in the states where it is weak.

On the Land Acquisition issue, the BJP top brass is likely to impress upon its members to take across the message of the government that it is a pro-farmer step aimed at ensuring all-round development of rural India and ensure progress of farmers.
Tomorrow, Shah will meet party office-bearers when they will lay down the agenda for the Executive meeting. At the Executive, political and foreign policy resolutions will be discussed when the entire gamut of government policy initiatives will be deliberated upon.
The political resolution is expected to touch issues of economy and social security measures.
Besides its 111 members, some permanent and special invitees of the national executive, including chief ministers of all BJP-ruled states, state presidents and all former chief ministers and deputy chief ministers of BJP will also be present at the meet.