Senior BJP and NDA Leaders Meet at Rajnath Singh’s Home to Shape Winter Session Strategy
The huddle reflected a bid to translate the Bihar mandate into coordinated moves in Parliament.
Overview
- Top BJP ministers convened in New Delhi on November 26 at Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s residence ahead of the December 1 start of the Winter session.
- Attendees included BJP president and Union minister J P Nadda, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, and Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, Bhupender Yadav, Mansukh Mandaviya and Manohar Lal Khattar.
- JD(U) leader and Union minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh, also known as Lalan Singh, joined the discussions reported to focus on the NDA’s floor strategy, according to PTI citing sources.
- J P Nadda later hosted a dinner to thank party leaders and workers for their role in the Bihar Assembly victory, party sources said.
- The NDA won 202 of 243 seats in Bihar, with the BJP taking 89, JD(U) 85, LJP(RV) 19, HAM(S) 5 and RLM 4, while the opposition bloc secured 34 seats.