Shah in Chhattisgarh: Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur on Saturday (July 22) to review the poll preparations of the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the assembly elections to be held later this year, a party leader said.
Shah reached the Swami Vivekananda airport around 8.35 pm in a special plane and left for the party’s state unit headquarters.
He was received by state BJP chief Arun Sao and other party MLAs and leaders.
A BJP leader said, “He will chair a closed-door meeting with Arun Sao, former CM Dr Raman Singh, Chhattisgarh BJP in-charge Om Mathur, co-in-charge Nitin Nabin and Leader of the Opposition Narayan Chandel.”
He said that Shah will improve the preparations of the party for the assembly elections to be held at the end of the year.
The leader said that he would hold talks with local leaders before leaving for Delhi at 10.30 am on Sunday.
This is Shah’s fourth visit to Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh this year.
After being in power for 15 years, the BJP had to face a crushing defeat at the hands of the Congress in the 2018 assembly elections.
(with PTI inputs)
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