KOZHIKODE: The Uri terror attack loomed large as the BJP National Executive met today ahead of the two-day National Council meeting starting tomorrow amidst demands for tough action against Pakistan.
The party itself sought to focus on the pro-poor agenda during the deliberations with BJP President Amit Shah asking its state Governments to execute the schemes aimed at the welfare of the poor in the centenary birth anniversary year of its ideologue Deen Dayal Upadhyay.
On the first day of the three-day exercise, in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate from tomorrow, Shah focused on the party’s ‘garib kalyan’ agenda in his address to the office-bearers.
Against the backdrop of the Uri attack in which 18 soldiers were killed, a key leader maintained that the party appreciates the sentiments in the country and that “action will keep happening” against Pakistan.
BJP fielded its General Secretary Ram Madhav, who has advocated punitive action against Pakistan, before the media to outline the Council’s focus on ‘antyodaya’ (uplift of the last man) and say how it is an occasion for the party to rededicate itself to Upadhyay’s ideals.
Madhav parried a volley of questions about the party’s position on the Uri attack but made it clear that it will be deliberated in the Council. (AGENCIES)
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