INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
and BJP president Amit Shah will meet BJP MPs today for the first time after the party suffered its worse state election defeats since
taking power at the centre in 2014.The parliamentary party meet will be followed by a seven-hour meeting of key organisational leaders with
Amit Shah.PM Modi's address to BJP parliamentarians is a weekly affair when parliament is in session but this time, it has greater
significance because of the BJP's state election losses just months before the national election.On Tuesday, the BJP lost three big states,
Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, to the Congress
Its attempt to widen its base in Telangana failed as its tally fell from five to one seat
In Mizoram, the BJP won one seat while the opposition Mizo National Front decimated the ruling Congress.Amit Shah will hold discussions with
top party leaders later in the day for what is likely to be a long meeting till late into the evening.The meeting was planned before the
results were announced, according to sources quoted by the Press Trust of India.PM Modi had tweeted on Tuesday that "the party accepts the
results with humility" and that "victory and defeat are an integral part of life"
He said the results would further the BJP's resolve to serve people and the party will work even harder for the development of India.The
losses for the BJP in the heartland states are huge - the party won 62 seats of the 65 Lok Sabha constituencies in the three states in 2014
The party needs to put up a strong show in these states in the 2019 national polls for anything close to its spectacular performance in the
