Preparations for Celebrations Start at BJD Headquarters, Confident of Modi Returning to Power

New Delhi: Confident of another win, the BJP headquarters buzzed with celebration preparations on the eve of the Lok Sabha poll results.

A series of meetings were held by senior party leaders. The BJP president J.P. Nadda called up a meeting at his residence with senior ministers like home minister Amit Shah, defence minister Rajnath Singh and commerce minister Piyush Goyal. Former Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar was also present at this meeting.

If Modi returns to power, he will be only the second Prime Minister after Jawaharlal Nehru to get a third straight term.

The possibility of a roadshow and the victory speech by Modiji taking place at a bigger venue, other than the party headquarters that has a limited capacity, cannot be ruled out. Tents were being put up at the BJP headquarters to make arrangements for party spokespersons to give media bytes. Food stalls were being erected for party workers.

The term of Nadda, whose stint as party chief had been extended, comes to an end this month. Nadda’s three-year term as BJP president had ended in January and was extended till June in view of the polls.

Bihar chief minister and JDU head Nitish Kumar arrived in Delhi to call on Modi. Bihar is scheduled to go to polls next year.

Sections in the BJP forecast the possibility of Nitish being offered a berth in the Modi 3.0 government.