Nadda’s letter to Kharge full of falsehood :Cong
Congress on Friday said BJP national president JP Nadda’s letter to party chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Manipur situation was full of "falsehoods".
Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday met Bollywood actor Salman Khan and his father Salim Khan, a noted script writer, at their residence in Mumbai as part of the BJP’s “contact for support” campaign. The former BJP president presented some booklets highlighting the achievements of the Modi government in the last four years to Salim Khan.
According to the media reports, the meeting which took place at Khan’s apartment Galaxy continued for 30 minutes. Senior BJP leader from Mumbai Raj Purohit was also present at the meet.
After the meeting, the union minister took to Twitter and wrote, “Met Sri Salim Khan ji and Salman Khan as part of Sampark for Samarthan campaign. Have discussed the achievement and initiative of Modi government in last 4 years.”
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Met Sri Salim Khan ji & Salman Khan as part of “Sampark For Samarthan” campaign. Have discussed the achievement and initiative of Modi govt in last 4 years . pic.twitter.com/8gBSgNKZ89
— Nitin Gadkari (@nitin_gadkari) June 8, 2018
The ‘Sampark for Samarthan’ (contact for support) campaign was launched to mark the four years of Modi government in May.
As many as 4,000 functionaries of the party will contact one lakh people, who are well-known names in their respective fields, to inform them about the government’s works during its four year tenure.
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Two days back, BJP chief Amit Shah had called on actor Madhuri Dixit and industrialist Ratan Tata in Mumbai as part of the initiative.
Party president Amit Shah on Wednesday also met sulking ally Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai as part of ‘Sampark for Samarthan’ campaign prior to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
The meeting had taken place at Matoshree, the residence of Uddhav Thackeray in Bandra East.
He was accompanied by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Uddhav Thackeray’s son Aaditya Thackeray was present too.
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There had been intense political speculation over the meeting, which was their second in a year and the first after the acrimonious Palghar Lok Sabha bypoll.
(With agency inputs)
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