Modi, Shah meet Union Council of Ministers

New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah met the Union Council of Ministers here at the party headquarters on Tuesday, two days ahead of the counting of votes for Lok Sabha elections.

The meeting took place just a few hours ahead of the dinner hosted by Shah at Delhi's "The Ashok Hotel" to discuss the prospective poll results and the post-poll scenario.

Among those who attended the meeting were Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Smriti Irani, Prakash Javadekar, Radha Mohan Singh, Piyush Goyal, Giriraj Singh, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Chaudhary Birendra Singh, Uma Bharti as also Ram Vilas Paswan of Lok Janshakti Party and Harsimrat Kaur Badal of Shiromani Akali Dal.

Shah had convened the meeting to thank the Union Council of Ministers to thank them for the service of the nation.