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In run-up to Gujarat polls, BJP to hold brainstorming session in Somnath

In preparation for the assembly polls in Gujarat, the BJP state leadership is scheduled to take part in a three-day…

In run-up to Gujarat polls, BJP to hold brainstorming session in Somnath

BJP party president Amit Shah (PHOTO: AFP)

In preparation for the assembly polls in Gujarat, the BJP state leadership is scheduled to take part in a three-day brainstorming session later this month to work out the party’s strategy for the ensuing polls to the 182-member assembly.

The meeting is likely to be held at Somnath. Party president Amit Shah, hailing from Gujarat, is expected to take part in the deliberations.

The BJP's polls preparations are underway amid speculation about the polls being advanced. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Janta Dal United (JD-U) recently announced their pre-poll alliance. Attempts are also underway to cobble together an Opposition alliance against the BJP. The NCP-JD (U) alliance has invited the Congress party to join hands with it.

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The NCP which has pockets of support in central Gujarat and Saurashtra and JD(U) in central Gujarat are preparing to take on the ruling party. Not to be left behind, the BJP has embarked on an organisational revamping exercise. On Wednesday it constituted the state parliamentary board and other committees including the campaign committee ahead of the assembly polls.

At the Somnath state executive meeting which is likely to begin on 21 April the newly formed parliamentary board comprising 14 members, including state unit head Jitubhai Vaghani, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel and other top party’s state executive leaders are expected to exchange ideas with Amit Shah and work out the election gameplan for Gujarat.

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