BJP leaders, Union ministers, state chief ministers, party president Amit Shah, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurate the national executive meeting at the Talkatora Stadium.
Among those present on the stage others are: veteran BJP leaders LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, Amit Shah, Modi, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari and a host of other central ministers. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje are also present on the stage.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to chalk out the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) strategy for the forthcoming Winter Session in his address to the BJP national executive.
An essential feature of Monday's meeting will be that Modi's speech will be broadcast live: an unusual object as most national executive meetings are closed to cameras.
While the election in Gujarat is important for the BJP as it is the home state of the prime minister, the economy is once again at the centre stage as latest data has shown a fall in growth.
More than 2,000 delegates will be present at what has been described by senior party leaders as an "extended national executive" to mark the end of a year-long exercise to memorialize Deen Dayal Upadhyaya's 100th birth anniversary.
Modi, who will deliver the valedictory address on Monday, may use the opportunity to emphasize his government's pro-poor measures and other policy decisions.
BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday took stock of the party's performance at its national executive meeting that will conclude with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address, in which he is expected to counter the Opposition's criticism of the state of the economy.
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