Nationalist Congress Party leader Dhananjay Munde has said that there is no clarity so far over his candidature for Lok Sabha elections next year but he exuded confidence in winning the Beed parliamentary seat in Maharashtra. At present, Bharatiya Janata Party's Pritam Munde, the daughter of late BJP veteran Gopinath Munde and cousin of Dhananjay Munde, is the Lok Sabha member from Beed. 


In the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly polls, as per PTI, the NCP leader defeated his cousin and Gopinath Munde's daughter Pankaja Munde from Parli seat in Beed district. 


While speaking to reporters in Beed on Sunday, Dhananjay Munde said, "For me, Beed Lok Sabha (seat) or Delhi is still very far. First, we have the Lok Sabha and then the state Assembly polls (also due in later half of 2024). We are confident that the NCP will win the Beed Lok Sabha seat."  


"But, as far as talks about my candidature, my party has not spoken anything to me," he added. 


The NCP leader said that Delhi is 20-25 years away from him. According to PTI, he said the NCP has stood against all odds and made Beed district as its strong "fortress".  


 


PM Modi Meets CMs Of BJP-Rules States


Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday held a meeting with the chief ministers and deputy chief ministers of Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states at party headquarters in the national capital. BJP national President JP Nadda and Union Minister Amit Shah were also present during the meeting. During the meeting, the chief ministers briefed the PM about the development works going on in the states. They also discussed the preparations for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, reported ANI. 


As per a report by ANI, the leaders were also slated to discuss what kind of programmes should be organized to contact more and more people in order to give more strength to those states where there is a BJP government.


Deliberations on how to strengthen their position where there is no BJP government were also discussed, the report added.


Among the heads of states who arrived at party headquarters are: Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami, Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel, Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Tripura CM Manik Saha, Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, Goa CM Pramod Sawant, and Nagaland Deputy CM Yanthungo Patton. 


The meeting took place after Modi inaugurated the new Parliament building as part of the Central Vista redevelopment project.