PM Modi to hold key strategy meet with BJP leaders in Chennai today ahead of April 23 polls
Chennai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet senior BJP leaders in Chennai on Saturday as part of a key strategy meeting aimed at strengthening the party’s prospects in the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.
The meeting , scheduled to be held at a star hotel in Guindy at 11 a.m., is expected to focus on election planning, coordination with alliance partners, and efforts to improve the party’s electoral performance in the state.
This comes even as campaigning intensifies for the Puducherry Assembly elections, scheduled for April 9, where the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)—comprising the BJP, N.R. Congress, AIADMK, and other allies—is contesting together.
Earlier on Friday, PM Modi arrived in Chennai from New Delhi by a special aircraft and later flew to Puducherry by helicopter. There, he led a high-profile roadshow in support of NDA candidates, drawing large crowds and energising party workers ahead of the polls.
After completing his campaign in Puducherry, the Prime Minister returned to Chennai around 7 p.m. and checked into a hotel in Guindy. He later held informal interactions with key BJP leaders, including senior functionaries and alliance representatives.
Saturday’s strategy meeting will feature the participation of several top leaders, including Union Minister Piyush Goyal, senior in-charge Sudhakar Reddy, National Secretary Arvind Menon, Tamil Nadu BJP President Nainar Nagenthran, and Union Minister of State L. Murugan, former Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan, Tamilisai Soundararajan, K. Annamalai, and Vanathi Srinivasan, among others. Annamalai, who had been campaigning in Kerala, returned to Chennai to attend the meeting, highlighting its significance.
The Prime Minister is expected to urge party leaders to outperform previous election results and intensify grassroots mobilisation.
The meeting is likely to continue until around noon, after which PM Modi will remain at the hotel till 1 pm. During this time, leaders from alliance parties and candidates contesting in Chennai constituencies are expected to meet him. Having already addressed multiple rallies across Tamil Nadu in recent days—including in Chengalpattu, Madurai, and Tiruchy—this visit is primarily focused on internal consultations. No public roadshow has been scheduled in Chennai during this leg of his tour.