Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], August 18 : BJP National President Nitin Nabin held a meeting with the party's State Office Bearers, District Presidents and District In-charges in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday, with the discussions focusing on strengthening the organisation and ensuring effective coordination and public outreach across Andhra Pradesh.
Nabin held the meeting along with Andhra Pradesh BJP President P.V.N. Madhav. Addressing the gathering, Nabin said the party workers present will play an important role in turning the vision of building a developed India by 2047 into reality.
"I bow to this sacred land. I offer my reverent greetings to Lord Venkateswara Swamy of Tirumala, Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy of Simhachalam, and pay my respects and tributes to the sacred land that gave birth to the immense courage of great freedom fighters like Alluri Sitarama Raju," Nabin said.
"Friends, today as I stand before you to address this gathering, I am speaking to those future party workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party who are going to turn the dream of building a developed India by 2047 into reality," he added.
The BJP national president arrived in Visakhapatnam as part of his Andhra Pradesh tour and earlier visited the Simhachalam Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple.
Temple officials and priests welcomed Nabin and made arrangements for his darshan of the deity. He offered prayers and performed special rituals, seeking the well-being and happiness of the people of Andhra Pradesh and the development of the state.
BJP national leader B.L. Santhosh, Andhra Pradesh BJP President P.V.N. Madhav, Union Minister Srinivas Varma and other state party leaders and workers accompanied Nabin during his temple visit.
Nitin Nabin also paid floral tributes to former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna awardee Atal Bihari Vajpayee at his statue on Beach Road in Visakhapatnam.