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BJP fear early elections-start preparation for Lok Sabha Polls MIL/Agencies/Hindu, Dec 30, 2007.
New Delhi, India: December 30, 2007 – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is panning to start preparations for the Lok Sabha poll in advance since they fear that it might fall earlier due to rift in UPA on Indo-US Nuke deal, even though its due date is May 2009. At an informal meeting here on Saturday at the residence of Leader of the Opposition, L.K. Advani, who is also the party’s prime minister-in-waiting, it was decided that the party should immediately begin a systematic study of the social and political profile of each of the 543 Lok Sabha constituencies. Lists of region and constituency-specific problems are also to be made to complement the issues that the party hopes to raise at the national level. The meeting was attended by BJP president Rajnath Singh, the former party president, Venkaiah Naidu, some general secretaries, and some “intellectuals” considered close to Mr. Advani such as Sudheendra Kulkarni and Rajya Sabha member and Pioneer Editor Chandan Mitra. Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who was on a visit here and had called on the former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, was also present at the meeting, but not all chief ministers of BJP-ruled States were invited just as all party general secretaries were not. At an earlier National Executive Committee meeting of the party, Mr. Rajnath Singh had already initiated a programme to ensure presence of the party at every polling booth in the country. That programme was also geared towards preparing for the next Lok Sabha poll. The first task the meeting identified was profiling of each Lok Sabha constituency separately. This study would include a political profile study in terms of votes polled by different parties over the year, a social profile listing the communist and caste composition of the electorate, and specific problems in the constituency in relation to employment, industry, agriculture, schools, medical facilities, roads, water and electricity. Besides this, various ideas for mass mobilisation were discussed. Ram Setu is one issue for mass mobilisation, but that is to be carried out by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, with its electoral benefit to be reaped by the BJP. The assassination of Pakistan People’s Party leader Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan was also used by a senior BJP leader to attack the UPA for maintaining silence on happenings in India’s neighbourhood.
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