Lucknow, July 19 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah and Union health minister and BJP national president JP Nadda in New Delhi on Saturday amid efforts for a consensus on the appointment of a new party chief.

Yogi Adityanath, who reached New Delhi on Saturday afternoon, first went to meet Modi. Thereafter, he met Nadda and Shah. An official spokesman described the meetings as calls.

Though no further details have been shared, the meetings have come when the BJP is in the process of appointing a new national president of the party and discussions among the top leaders appear to have centered on the issue.

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