Mumbai: The defeat of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ally National Conference in the recent Jammu and Kashmir elections will come up for review at the four-day meeting of central office bearers of BJP beginning in Mumbai on October 19.

The meeting, to be chaired by party president Venkaiah Naidu, would also discuss the developments in Uttar Pradesh following the Cabinet expansion in the state where the BJP is in alliance with Bahujan Samaj Party, party sources said.

The fallout of the attack on Akashardham Temple in Gujarat as also the broad features of the strategy for the forthcoming Assembly elections there would be discussed, they said.

The 'gaurav yatra' being undertaken by Chief Minister Narendra Modi would also come up for discussion, the sources said.

The ongoing 'gaon chalo abhiyan' of the party president would be reviewed as also the party's membership drive.

The change of leadership in state units especially in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and its impact on them is also likely to figure, they said.

A meeting of Maharasthra zilla parishads is scheduled for October 20, where various aspects of the party's functioning at lower levels would be discussed, the sources said.

After the five zonal meetings, this was an exercise to mobilise the party cadres for the Lok Sabha elections due in 2004, they said.

"We want to mobilise the cadres as our aim is to get a clear majority on our own in the next Lok Sabha elections. It is with this view that such meetings are being held regularly," the sources said.

PTI