Good governance, help to the poor, welfare schemes… what did PM Modi emphasize in the meeting of BJP Chief Ministers?

New Delhi: Senior BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, held discussions with Chief Ministers and Deputy Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled states in Delhi on governance issues for the second consecutive day on Sunday. During this, the Chief Ministers gave presentations on various development schemes going on in their respective states. Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah and JP Nadda participated in the meeting. Nadda is also the national president of BJP. The two-day meeting of the ‘Council of Chief Ministers’ began on Saturday. In the meeting, PM Narendra Modi stressed the need to ensure coverage of welfare schemes going on in BJP-ruled states and said that it should be seen as an example of good governance. Sources said that he/she mentioned the efforts of the governments of BJP-ruled states to help various sections of the society, especially the poor.

‘Our party is working to promote good governance…’

“Our party is working tirelessly to promote good governance and fulfil the aspirations of the people,” he/she had said in a post on ‘X’ on Saturday. The ‘Chief Ministers Council’, organised by the BJP at regular intervals, aims to review key schemes in the states, best practices of governance and implementation of welfare initiatives of the central government. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Rajasthan’s Bhajan Lal Sharma and Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi attended the meeting. Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Haryana, Manipur and Chhattisgarh also took part in the deliberations.

First meeting after Loksabha elections

This meeting was held after the presentation of the Union Budget in Parliament on July 23. The opposition has criticised the Centre for giving special attention to Bihar and Andhra Pradesh in the budget and ignoring other states. This is the first meeting after the Lok Sabha elections. The BJP’s performance in the recent general elections was disappointing and the party could not secure a majority on its own in the lower house of Parliament. However, party leaders said governance issues were at the centre of discussion in the meeting. The last such meeting was held in February.