Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held a meeting with BJP Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha lawmakers from the southern states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

In the interaction, the Prime Minister underlined the renewed emphasis the BJP intends to place on the southern region, where its electoral footprint remains limited. Karnataka, one of the party’s oldest strongholds, is the only southern state where the BJP has consistently performed well. PM Modi is learnt to have told MPs that winning both the “hearts and votes" of the South is crucial, especially at a time when the party has been sweeping elections across the country.

The PM praised the work being done by the Andhra Pradesh government, led by the TDP-BJP

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