BJP office-bearers' meeting on Friday

JAIPUR: The long-due meeting of the office-bearers of BJP would be held on Friday. The meeting, to be addressed by state unit chief Arun Chaturvedi and party in-charge Kaptan Singh Solanki, is expected to be stormy with several members likely to voice their grievances. According to sources, senior leader Vijay Bansal has been assigned the task by the central leadership to tackle the disgruntled group.
According to sources, the senior leaders would warn the members against any indiscipline and direct them to work in co-ordination. The meeting is being held after senior party leaders sternly reacted to the internal differences within the state unit during the party's executive meet at Mumbai last month.
The controversy surrounding senior legislator Gulab Chand Kataria's proposed yatra in the tribal belt, followed by former chief minister Vasundhara Raje's threat to resign from the party and the show of strength by her supporters had caused damage to the party's image. Senior leaders say the central leadership and the RSS have taken a strong view against the recent developments in four states including Rajasthan.
Detailed programme of the public meetings to be held from June 7 to June 22 would also be finalised during the meeting. The party's core-committee too is expected to hold a meeting on Saturday. Sources in the party claimed that the main focus of both the stories would be on working together, keeping in mind the forthcoming assembly elections.