Ahead of the assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand and just after the elections in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir, the meeting of the Council of Chief Ministers of the National Democratic Alliance concluded in Chandigarh today. Chief Ministers and Deputy Chief Ministers of the BJP-led NDA spoke on development issues, the ‘Amrit Mahotsav’ of the Constitution and the 50th anniversary year of the “attempt to assassinate” democracy, a reference to the Emergency imposed in 1975.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and JP Nadda, who is also BJP president, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, two Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar at the meeting, Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath and Goa CM Pramod Sawant attended. The conference began after the swearing-in ceremony of Haryana Chief Minister Naib Singh Saini. Saini has taken charge of Haryana for the second time. The BJP said in a statement on Wednesday that 13 chief ministers and 16 deputy chief ministers are its own and the chief ministers of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim, Nagaland and Meghalaya belong to its allies.
This is the first such conference of Chief Ministers of NDA ruled states in the last few years. The BJP and its allies are preparing to take on the opposition alliance in the assembly elections to be held in Maharashtra and Jharkhand next month. Apart from Saini, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Vishwa Sharma, Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Dhami and Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu attended the conference.
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Bihar Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Chaudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma, Manipur Chief Minister A Biren Singh, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang and Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha. Also participated in the conference. According to the statement, “There will be a definite agenda of discussion in this meeting which will include issues of national development.” It will also discuss topics like celebrating the Amrit Mahotsav of the Constitution and the 50th anniversary of the attempt to murder democracy. The statement said that Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Naidu and Nagaland Chief Minister Rio will initiate the discussion.
