PM proposes holding NDA leaders conclave twice every year to strengthen coalition unity

Modi dwelt on the concept of pro-people pro-active good governance, stressing the need for greater interaction between all NDA-ruled states

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has described the meeting of NDA leaders in Chandigarh on Thursday as the largest get-together of non-Congress political parties post 1975, the year the Emergency was imposed, and called for holding such a conclave twice every year, according to a statement by the BJP.

Making a point about the deeper connection his government enjoys with people compared to the previous Congress-led UPA government he said at the meeting that he has received over 4.5 crore letters in the past 10 years compared to only 5 lakh letters received by his predecessor. Manmohan Singh headed the UPA government during 2004-14.