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Ready for snap LS poll, says BJP
To focus on good governance, development
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, July 8
The BJP today said it was ready for snap LS poll and that “good governance and development” would be its key planks.

Meeting for the second time in less than a week, the highest decision making body of the party discussed the current political situation in the country and the road map and strategy for the General Election. This includes forming committees to highlight “failures” of the Congress-led UPA government on issues such as corruption, price rise and economic front.

“The BJP is ready for snap poll. We will make good governance and development national issues before the people. The parliamentary board has decided to take these issues to the grassroots,” party general secretary Ananth Kumar said after the meeting.

The statement holds significance given the fact that the party is also seeking to revive its original poll planks of Hindutva and construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya.

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and party chief Rajnath Singh had been authorised to form panels after consultations with senior party leaders. The decision to have a joint team of Modi and Singh to form poll panels indicates that the party was working towards collective decision-making on all issues.

The immediate concerns before the party are the forthcoming Assembly poll in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Rajasthan and Mizoram. The committees for the Lok Sabha elections are likely to be announced at the next meeting of the party’s parliamentary board.

LK Advani, Rajnath Singh, Narendra Modi and many other senior party leaders were present at today’s meeting. The last meeting of the party’s parliamentary board was held on July 4.

The party decided to attack the Congress on the issues of corruption, economic crisis, price rise and failure on various other fronts. For this, it would adopt a two-pronged strategy. This would include a political campaign comprising rallies and meetings across the country and an organisational strategy to take the campaign forward.

Ananth Kumar said the ruling coalition did not want to face Parliament because of its failure on corruption, price rise, economic crisis and other fronts. Because the Congress feared its much-touted Food Security Bill might not pass the Parliament test, the government decided to delay monsoon session (normally held in July) and took the Ordinance route to push the provision through.

The UPA, he claimed, was “breaking from inside” and the Congress was “under pressure” from its allies over the delay in holding monsoon session of Parliament. “The Congress can also hold early elections due to pressure from allies,” he said.

Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley and BJP chief Rajnath Singh will tomorrow visit Bodh Gaya that witnessed serial blasts yesterday.