BJP president J.P. Nadda has chaired a crucial regional consultative meeting of senior party leaders of south India and some other states in Hyderabad yesterday. The meeting focussed on chalking out the party's strategy for the next year's Lok Sabha elections and other important issues. Party leaders informed that leaders from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Goa, Andaman and Lakshadweep were present at the meeting. 

The meeting gained significance as it comes ahead of the assembly polls in Telangana, scheduled to take place in next few months. Party General Secretary BL Santhosh and other senior leaders as well as MPs and MLAs and state unit presidents, among others attended the meeting.