Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday gave several suggestions to the chief ministers and deputy chief ministers of BJP-ruled states on further improving the governance in their respective states, emphasising on messaging of the welfare schemes for their better delivery.
PM Modi, in the two-day meeting of the BJP Chief Ministers’ Council that concluded on Sunday, also suggested that the centrally-sponsored schemes are very carefully designed and tampering with them during implementation in states should be avoided, sources said.
The meeting was attended by the BJP chief JP Nadda and senior party leaders Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah.
CMs and deputy CMs gave presentations on various development schemes going on in their states. Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath gave a presentation on UP government’s Rural Secretariats scheme while Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma gave a presentation on his state’s recruitment drive for filling vacancies in the state government.
Similarly, Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel gave a presentation on accelerating the solar power generation and Bihar deputy CMs shared their state government practices in checking illegal mining.
In his remarks, Modi emphasised on the need to ensure saturation coverage of welfare schemes going on in the BJP-ruled states, saying they should be seen as an example of good governance, senior party leader Vinay Sahasrabuddhe told reporters after the meeting.
Sahasrabuddhe heads the party’s good governance cell and was coordinating these meetings.
Modi also talked about making efforts to take the country’s economy to $5 trillion, by laying more emphasis on public participation in development programs and other efforts.
The Prime Minister also talked about expanding the reach of various welfare schemes of the government using social media, the BJP said in a press statement.
The “Mukhyamantri Parishad” organised by the BJP at regular intervals is aimed at reviewing key schemes in states, following the best governance practices and the delivery of central government welfare initiatives.
The leaders at times also take stock of the political situation.
The meeting comes in the wake of the presentation of the Union budget, with the opposition targeting the government for allegedly ignoring other states at the expense of Bihar and Andhra Pradesh.
It is also the first meeting following the Lok Sabha polls in which the BJP’s performance was underwhelming as the party lost its majority in the Lower House of Parliament.
Party leaders, though, added that governance issues were at the centre of the discussions at the meeting. The last such meeting was held in February.
