A high-level meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s top leadership, including Union Ministers and party president Nitin Nabin, will take place at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence, this evening.

The meeting, to be held at 5.30 PM is expected to focus on various issues including Rajya Sabha polls and the impending elections to several Legislative Councils.

Party’s sources said that the key agenda of the high-level meeting is to discuss and finalise the names of candidates for upcoming Rajya Sabha and Legislative Council elections.

Senior Union ministers including Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, JP Nadda, party president Nitin Nabin and party’s top brass are set to gather at PM Modi’s residence, where they will deliberate and discuss names of party nominees while also ‘think over’ re-fielding any retiring member in the Upper House.

The party top brass is also expected to deliberate upon and strategize on securing an advantage over the Opposition in the high-stakes Rajya Sabha polls, particularly in light of the recent defeat of Women’s reservation bill, marking the first big setback for Modi government in over decade-long governance.