PM Modi hosts special dinner for NDA MPs; interaction focused on poll strategy for Bengal, Tamil Nadu

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hosted a special dinner for NDA MPs at his official 7 Lok Kalyan Marg residence here with key focus on West Bengal and Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, scheduled to be held in 2026, and the floor strategy to be adopted during the ongoing winter session of Parliament.

It was one of the major meetings of the NDA after its massive win in the Bihar Assembly elections. According to sources, the discussions in the meeting included preparatory strategies for the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Assam, with coalition partners likely to fine-tune their approaches ahead of crucial state assembly polls.

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The dinner meeting provided a platform for an open and constructive exchange of ideas among alliance partners.

Earlier in the week, the NDA MPs were briefed by the prime minister on the government’s roadmap, particularly highlighting priorities linked to public welfare and governance.

Senior ministers, floor leaders and MPs from all constituent parties of the alliance participated in the dinner meeting.

Earlier, BJP MP Anurag Thakur expressed gratitude to the prime minister for inviting the MPs to the special dinner and confidently said that the next dinner would be held after victory in the 2026 West Bengal elections. “We, the NDA MPs, express gratitude to PM Narendra Modi, who has invited all of us to his residence for a dinner. We will get an opportunity to meet him. We know each other formally, but when PM Modi invites us to his residence, you can see all MPs happy. They are all excited, not just for the dinner but also for the opportunity to meet the PM; if the PM hosts dinner, there can be no bigger opportunity than this,” he said.

“I still remember that when Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji and Advani ji formed the NDA, the then MPs and leaders used to get several opportunities to connect on the same platform and understand each other. It is the PM’s speciality that he not only meets people but also takes feedback from them…The communication skills that PM Modi has are perhaps not there in any other leader in the world,” he added.

Expressing joy, BJP MP Ramvir Singh Bidhuri said, “What can be better than this that the PM has invited us and we are heading to his residence. It is a matter of joy for us. We would like to express our gratitude to him.”

BJP MP Kamaljeet Sehrawat also expressed gratitude, saying, “Dinner at the residence of PM will be a proud moment. The PM has invited all NDA colleagues to his residence. We thank him for this opportunity.”