08-20-2006, 11:46 PM
<b>BJP to finalise poll strategies for Punjab, UP & Uttaranchal </b>
Rajeev Ranjan Roy | New Delhi _ pioneer.com
Come September 7 and the BJP's national executive would meet in Dehradun to give final touches to the party's strategies for the poll-bound States of Uttaranchal, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.
A decision on the deadline for the party's organisational polls in all the States would also be taken during the three-day meet concluding on September 9.
The party is being seen as a potential contender to wrest power in Uttaranchal and Punjab, where the BJP is an ally of Shiromani Akali Dal-Badal. In the last poll, the BJP lost power to the Congress in the two States.
However, in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP has a lot at stake. Though the State is seen as politically sandwiched between the of Mulayam Singh Yadav's Samajwadi Party (SP) and Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), th<b>e BJP leaders feel that they would emerge as a key player in the State. Since BJP president Rajnath Singh hails from UP, the party strategists are unlikely to leave anything unturned to regain the lost support base in the country's politically crucial State</b>.
"A comprehensive and broad strategy for the poll-bound States would certainly be discussed at the national executive meeting. One entire session will be allocated for discussion on the poll-related issues. From the selection of candidates to the State unit chiefs, all such issues would be discussed," a senior BJP leader said.
The issue of 'winnability' is also likely to come up in the meeting. In May 2006 national executive meeting, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had strongly raised the point of winning the election a la the Communists. Vajpayee had candidly underlined <b>the need of efforts to retain power in the States where the party was in power. </b>
On the organisational front, <b>the meeting would take stock of the membership drive having been carried out in all the States</b>. The BJP- ruled States would also submit the reports, detailing the implementation of the programmes and policies as promised in the election manifestoes.
Former Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani in his remarks in the last national executive meeting had underlined <b>the need to target the youth between the age group of 20 and 35 by responding to their expectations. </b>
<b>"According to Asian Development Bank, 60-70 per cent of India's population is in the 20-35 years' age group. No other country has so massive a youth component. This section has very high expectations from the BJP. While framing policy, we must never forget this section,"</b> Advani had said.
Rajeev Ranjan Roy | New Delhi _ pioneer.com
Come September 7 and the BJP's national executive would meet in Dehradun to give final touches to the party's strategies for the poll-bound States of Uttaranchal, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.
A decision on the deadline for the party's organisational polls in all the States would also be taken during the three-day meet concluding on September 9.
The party is being seen as a potential contender to wrest power in Uttaranchal and Punjab, where the BJP is an ally of Shiromani Akali Dal-Badal. In the last poll, the BJP lost power to the Congress in the two States.
However, in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP has a lot at stake. Though the State is seen as politically sandwiched between the of Mulayam Singh Yadav's Samajwadi Party (SP) and Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), th<b>e BJP leaders feel that they would emerge as a key player in the State. Since BJP president Rajnath Singh hails from UP, the party strategists are unlikely to leave anything unturned to regain the lost support base in the country's politically crucial State</b>.
"A comprehensive and broad strategy for the poll-bound States would certainly be discussed at the national executive meeting. One entire session will be allocated for discussion on the poll-related issues. From the selection of candidates to the State unit chiefs, all such issues would be discussed," a senior BJP leader said.
The issue of 'winnability' is also likely to come up in the meeting. In May 2006 national executive meeting, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had strongly raised the point of winning the election a la the Communists. Vajpayee had candidly underlined <b>the need of efforts to retain power in the States where the party was in power. </b>
On the organisational front, <b>the meeting would take stock of the membership drive having been carried out in all the States</b>. The BJP- ruled States would also submit the reports, detailing the implementation of the programmes and policies as promised in the election manifestoes.
Former Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani in his remarks in the last national executive meeting had underlined <b>the need to target the youth between the age group of 20 and 35 by responding to their expectations. </b>
<b>"According to Asian Development Bank, 60-70 per cent of India's population is in the 20-35 years' age group. No other country has so massive a youth component. This section has very high expectations from the BJP. While framing policy, we must never forget this section,"</b> Advani had said.