BJP and Japan’s LDP Pledge Structured Party Dialogue in New Delhi

Overview

• BJP president Nitin Nabin met LDP policy chief Kobayashi Takayuki at the party’s Delhi headquarters to set up structured party-to-party talks.
• The meeting, held under the BJP’s Know BJP outreach, produced a pledge to build institutional links and to deepen cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region.
• Nabin called the India–Japan bond a partnership based on shared democratic values and cited the personal rapport between Narendra Modi and Shinzo Abe as a driver of progress.
• Kobayashi said ties have gained new momentum under Modi and pointed to the Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail project as a symbol of the partnership.
• The BJP highlighted Make in India, Startup India, Aatmanirbhar Bharat, health insurance schemes, and the Lakhpati Didi program as areas for sharing ideas and best practices.