BJP's National Executive meet begins, PM Modi and Advani share stage ;

(Left to right) LK Advani, Amit Shah and Narendra Modi The Bharatiya Janata Party's two-day National Executive began in Bangalore in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party president Amit Shah and senior BJP leader LK Advani.
Under attack over the Land Acquisition Bill, the BJP on Friday said it will launch a mass contact programme to dispel "myths and propaganda" spread by the opposition and engage farmers in dialogue even as it insisted that it remains open to changes suggested by rival parties and farmers.
BJP general secretary P Muralidhar Rao said the party would brainstorm over the issue and will also come out with a nationwide outreach to publicise the good works of the government when it completes one year in power next month, PTI reported.
"There will be a discussion over the Land Bill.The opposition has spread various myths and propaganda about it. We will go to people against it.Industrialisation is necessary and we do not see any conflict between the industry and agriculture.We are making farmers a stake-holder and their interest would not be compromised," Rao said.
The question that whether senior leader LK Advani will address the delegates or not continues to loom large as Rao said he would be present throughout the two-day meet being attended by over 111 National Executive members besides a host of special invitees, including chief ministers of party-run states and its state presidents.
"He has come here and will be present throughout.He is always there to guide us," he said, evading a direct reply.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed happiness at voters becoming members of the BJP, as he told office bearers ahead of the National Executive that the party was "supreme" and the government a "tool" to achieve the ends.
The executive, which last met in August when it ratified the appointment of Amit Shah as party chief, was planned to be held here in January but put off as Modi was preoccupied with preparations for the visit of US President Barack Obama.