Media Eye News Bureau: PM Narendra Modi and BJP Chief Amit Shah will hold discussions with the party's Chief Ministers and deputy Chief Ministers on various issues including that of possibly holding simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly elections.

BJP spokesman Anil Baluni said, “The discussion would also include the stages of implementation of various central and state development and welfare schemes, measures to expedite them if necessary and to ensure the benefit of these schemes reach the last man in the line.”

The states have been asked to present the status of implementation of central schemes targeted at the poor, and socially and economically weaker sections like Jan-Dhan, Mudra, Ujjwala, housing and others schemes as well.