Bhubaneswar, March 26: Preparation is on in full swing to make the BJP's two-day national executive meet a success.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Bhubaneswar for two days to attend the meet. Even before Modi's arrival, BJP national president Amit Shah will reach Bhubaneswar on April 14 and hold a meeting with BJP's national executive members here.

To give a check to BJP's growth in the state, chief minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik has already started holding one-to-one meeting with party leaders to know the reason behind the party's unsatisfactory result in the recently-held panchayat polls.

The BJP that has won 297 zila parishad seats was upbeat about taking the state's rein in 2019. It had won only 36 zila parishad seats in 2012.

The BJP state's executive today met here to chalk out the plans for the national meet. Union minister of state for petroleum and natural gas Dharmendra Pradhan also attended the meeting.

Party's Odisha in-charge Arun Singh said: "No one can prevent us from coming to power in 2019. The people have shown their love and affection to us and it will grow further in the coming days."

He said the chief ministers and deputy chief ministers of all the 13 BJP-ruled states, including Yogi Adityanath of Uttar Pradesh, and 325 national executive members will join the national executive meeting.

The BJP's national executive committee meeting is going to be held in the state after 20 years. Union skills development minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy, who was in the state, said: "After the party's electoral success in five states, the people of Odisha have also reposed their faith in the BJP and decided to choose BJP in the 2019 general elections. People started believing that that their future is now secured in the hands of Prime Minister Narendra Modi."

Union minister of state for heavy industries and public enterprises Babul Supriyo, who was in Puri to attend the Digi Dhan Mela, today tried to win confidence of the people and went on to sing Odia songs.

On the other hand, BJD president and chief minister Naveen Patnaik started calling leaders of his party from areas where it had fared badly in rural polls and wanted to know the reasons.

BJD spokesperson Surjya Narayan Patro, however, seemed unfazed.

He said: "We have nothing to worry. Now, there is a fight between the BJP and Congress to decide who remains in the second position between them. We are the number one party and will continue to remain number one."

Congress leader Sarat Rout said: "The BJP is upbeat at this moment because of their result in the rural polls. But, this will be momentary. We will reorganise our party and will get back our position."