The Bharatiya Janata Party is keen on expanding its base in Odisha. This comes after they registered a thumping victory in the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand assembly elections.
The party is holding a national executive meet in Bhubaneswar today. Over 300 top BJP delegates, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, veteran leader LK Advani, Amit Shah and 13 other council members will attend the meet.
Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan tells Network 18 that the party is projecting the state as the epicentre of eastern India politics.
The two-day BJP national executive meeting begins here today with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party chief Amit Shah expected to underline strategy for a big saffron push in states like Odisha where it has traditionally been weak.
However, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj is likely to skip the meet on health grounds, Union Minister Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said.
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