The BJD has also been mostly supportive of the Modi government’s agenda in Parliament.
Leaders from other states are also meeting Shah and Nadda, including Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh among others.
The BJP’s Central Election Committee, which includes Prime Minister Modi and other senior leaders, will hold its second meeting later this week for finalising the party’s candidates for the Lok Sabha polls.
It has so far announced candidates for 195 Lok Sabha seats out of the total 543.
Meanwhile, BJD leaders also held an over-three hour meeting at Naveen Niwas, the residence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, in Bhubaneswar.