BJP Council meeting Today | BJP National Meeting for Lok Sabha Elections 2019

Abki baar phir Modi sarkar: BJP's LS poll mantra at national council meet BJP council meeting today: BJP chief Amit Shah will inaugurate the BJP national meeting and PM Modi will deliver the concluding speech on Saturday at Ramlila maidan

Election News: The Modi government's "social justice" plank with its outreach to Dalits, backward classes and general category is likely to be a key theme at the BJP's two-day national council meeting starting Friday, as the party looks to set the tone for its Lok Sabha poll campaign.

BJP president Amit Shah will inaugurate the meeting -- the biggest ever for its national council with the party expecting participation of close to 12,000 members -- while Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver the concluding speech on Saturday, laying down the agenda for the general elections.

The meeting, themed 'Abki baar phir Modi Sarkar' is of importance in the view of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

→ Read our full coverage on Lok Sabha elections 2019 ← Read Business Standard's Lok Sabha Elections 2019 coverage Senior BJP leaders were tight-lipped on whether the Ram temple issue will find a mention in the meeting but some delegates said that the party may refer to it amid demands by Hindutva organisations, including its ideological parent RSS, for a law to construct a temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya.

The party has invited its all elected members, ranging from those in local elections to its MPs, besides organisational leaders from across the country, for the meeting.

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