New Delhi, June 01: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has been given the pride of place to guide chief ministers of BJP-ruled states on good governance at a conference next month in Maharashtra.
Modi will deliver the keynote address at the national convention on good governance at Sangh Parivar’s training centre Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini near Mumbai on June 5-6.
“Named Suraj-Sankalp (commitment to good governance), the conference will focus on review of some very noteworthy and innovative welfare or development initiatives,” convenor, BJP governance cell, Manohar Parrikar said.
Asked why Modi was chosen for delivering the keynote address, Parrikar said the decision was taken keeping his “good” track-record of governance in mind as well as the fact that he is the “senior most” chief minister.
Modi was recently summoned by the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) to be quizzed on his alleged role in the 2002 post-Godhra riots.
The former Goa Chief Minister has been made in-charge of the conclave to be inaugurated by BJP chief Nitin Gadkari, who had announced at the party’s National Council and Executive Meeting in Indore in February that the party cadre would have to undergo training programmes.
The programme has been designed by BJP ideologue Vinay Sahasrabuddhe and other senior leaders on the lines of training programmes run for RSS leaders.
Party general secretary Dharmendra Pradhan, former Uttarakhand chief minister B C Khanduri, Deputy Leader of BJP in Lok Sabha Gopinath Munde and former Delhi unit president Harshvardhan would conduct a session on relations between party and government.
Parikkar denied that these leaders will not be able to deal with heavyweights like Modi and two-time Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
“This is a conference and not a workshop. The good deeds of everyone will be discussed there… slippages will be discussed too but weaknesses will not be made public,” he said.
A report card on good governance of chief ministers and accountability in their states will be prepared at the convention.
On accusations against Modi that he allowed communal violence in his state in 2002, Parrikar said, “Law and order issues will also be discussed.”
-PTI