The party has been insisting that all those invited are coming, but there is no official word so far from Gandhi Nagar whether Modi is attending the meet.
The meeting is significant as it is the first major gathering of the BJP top brass ahead of the Assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, the two party-ruled states, scheduled by the year-end.
Modi had not also attended the last meeting of the National Executive held in Delhi in December, apparently peeved over the induction of his bete noire Sanjay Joshi into Uttar Pradesh election campaign by Gadkari.
He had also not campaigned in the UP polls.
Yeddyurappa, who is unhappy over the failure of the party leadership to reinstate him, has already declared that he would not be going to Mumbai.
Modi's known detractor Keshubhai Patel whom he replaced as Chief Minister over a decade ago, is planning to make it to the National Executive after staying away from it for three years.
A highlight of the National Executive is its formal endorsment of a resolution to amend the party constitution allowing a second term to the party President.
This will pave the way for Gadkari to stay in the saddle for another three years after he completes his current term in December.
With the party taking the view that the Congress-led UPA, which completed three years yesterday could
