Senior ministers and BJP leaders met at party chief JP Nadda’s residence on Thursday to discuss the prevailing Covid-19 situation in the country. Union home minister Amit Shah was among those present at the meeting which is understood to have discussed the strategy to reach out to the poor and underprivileged sections in the country.

Suggestions were also sought from the leaders on what more needs to be done to alleviate the distress during the trying times. The issues discussed at length in the meeting related to migrants including Centre’s financial help to run shelter homes and aid provided to states to keep migrants, problems faced by them and “reluctance” of some states to allow trains bringing migrants.

The financial package to boost the economy was also discussed and ministers and party leaders were asked to get their doubts clarified on the package details announced by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Sources said this was the first such meeting held at the residence of Nadda with the majority of union ministers present along with party leaders since lockdown started.