Just in: Gujarat CM Narendra Modi will be attending the BJP's National Executive Meet in Mumbai, says the party's Mumbai unit president Raj Purohit.

Last week, a confident Purohit had said, "Modi is the member of the national executive and all the members have been invited. He is our esteemed leader and we are confident that he will come."

He said the two-day event will be a 'no-frills' affair due to severe drought situation in Maharashtra. Earlier, national executive meetings in Mumbai were held in five-star hotels. The conclave will be held this time at the Yeshwantrao Chavan Pratisthan, which is headed by Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief and union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar in South Mumbai.

Party president Nitin Gadkari also confirmed that Modi would be present.