NDA CMs’ council meeting begins in Chandigarh in presence of PM Modi

The conclave starts after the swearing-in ceremony of Nayab Singh Saini as the Haryana chief minister

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Chandigarh, Updated At : 05:34 PM Oct 17, 2024 IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Health Minister JP Nadda with NDA Chief Ministers during National Democratic Alliance Chief Ministers' Council meeting, in Chandigarh, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (PTI Photo)

Ahead of the assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand and close on the heels of the Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir polls, the National Democratic Alliance Chief Ministers' Council meeting began here on Thursday afternoon.

Chief ministers and deputy chief ministers of the BJP-led NDA are attending the conclave here to deliberate on development issues, the 'Amrit Mahotsav' of the Constitution and the 50th anniversary year of the Emergency.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and JP Nadda, who is also the BJP president, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, two Deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath and Goa CM Pramod Sawant are attending the meeting.

The conclave started after the swearing-in ceremony of Nayab Singh Saini as the Haryana chief minister for the second consecutive term.

There are 13 chief ministers and 16 deputy CMs belonging to the BJP while CMs of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim, Nagaland and Meghalaya are from its allies, the BJP said in a statement on Wednesday.

This will be the first conclave of NDA CMs of this kind in the last many years. With the BJP and its allies set to take on opposition alliance in next month's Maharashtra and Jharkhand polls, the ruling bloc is looking to draw momentum from its Haryana win to charge at its rivals.