Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is committed to furthering national progress and empowering the poor and downtrodden.
The prime minister made the remarks after chairing a meeting of NDA chief ministers and deputy CMs here, following the swearing-in ceremony of Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini and his ministerial colleagues.
"We had extensive discussions on aspects of good governance and ways to improve people's lives. Our alliance is committed to furthering national progress and empowering the poor and downtrodden," Modi posted on X.
Senior Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah and J P Nadda, who is also the BJP president, were part of the deliberations as the NDA looks to build on its win in the Haryana assembly polls as it goes to the assembly polls in Maharashtra and Jharkhand.
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 was 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.
Besides Saini, his counterparts in Madhya Pradesh Mohan Yadav, Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma, Nagaland Neiphiu Rio, Uttarakhand Pushkar Dhami and Arunachal Pradesh Pema Khandu, Bihar Deputy CMs Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai, Meghalaya CM Conard Sangma, Manipur CM N Biren Singh, Odisha CM, Mohan Charan Majhi, Sikkim CM Prem Singh Tamang and Tripura CM Manik Saha were also among those who attended.
"Deliberations in this meeting will have a structured agenda covering national development issues. It will also discuss subjects like observance of Samvidhan Ka Amrut Mahotsav and the Year of 50th anniversary of attempt to murder democracy," a statement said.
Andhra Pradesh CM and Nagaland CM Rio also led discussions, it said.
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