29.6.13

Of NaMo's trip to Mumbai....


Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi held a closed-door meeting with industry leaders during his first visit to the financial capital after he was made the head of BJP's Lok Sabha campaign committee over a fortnight ago.
The meeting, which lasted for almost two hours at a five-star hotel, was attended by a host of corporate leaders including Shashi Ruia of Essar Group, Kris Gopalakrishnan of Infosys, Adi Godrej, Shikha Sharma of Axis Bank, R Mukundan of Tata Chemicals, Nilesh Kampani of JM Financials and Sunil Advani of Bluestar, among others. The Birla Group was represented by its Chief Economist Ajit Ranade.
Industry biggies like Ratan Tata and the Ambani brothers have in the past showered praises on the BJP stalwart in the context of Gujarat's economic development. While to reporters, Godrej said there was no specific agenda for the meeting."It was a general discussion," he said and declined to elaborate.
However, it is understood that issues such as GST (goods and services tax) implementation and economic reforms were discussed during the meeting.
In April, Modi had addressed a much-publicised gathering organsied by top industry body FICCI.
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The leader also met the top brass of the state BJP to discuss strategy for next Lok Sabha elections. However, former party president Nitin Gadkari was conspicuous by his absence.
BJP general secretary in-charge of Maharashtra Rajiv Pratap Rudy, party's national spokesman Prakash Javadekar, BJP deputy leader in Lok Sabha Gopinath Munde, state unit president Devendra Phadanvis, Leader of Opposition in Assembly Eknath Khadse and in the council Vinod Tawde were prominent among those present during the meeting. "BJP has to be voter-centric. We have to go the people now and highlight the corruption of the Congress and good governance of BJP ruled states," Modi told the party’s state core committee.
State BJP unit president Devendra Phadanvis said Modi spoke of the 'statue of unity' of Sardar Patel which will be made in Gujarat and how iron used by farmers from seven lakh villages all over the country will be brought to that state for its construction. Sources said Modi also discussed the prevailing political situation in the state and the party's organisational matters and alliance with Shiv Sena. 

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