NEW DELHI: Riding the Narendra Modi juggernaut, the BJP is setting more ambitious goals for itself in 2014. The party is now targeting 262 Lok Sabha seats where it anticipates bright chances for itself even as it reaches out to all possible allies.
Of these seats, the biggest chunk of 55 is from the 80-member Uttar Pradesh and the only states where it has no hopes of winning a single seat are Manipur, Tripura and Pondicherry.
The targets are based on an internal state-wise assessment made earlier this month around the time when the party had decided to declare Modi as Prime Ministerial candidate.
While drawing up its list of seats to focus on, the party has taken into account seats it has won at some point in general elections since 1989, seats it lost narrowly and the Modi factor leading to a repeat of its 1998 performance in UP when the majority community voted cutting across caste lines.
In Uttar Pradesh in the 2009 elections, the BJP won only ten seats and lost 11 by a margin of less than 50,000 votes. With UP being seen as its key to power in Delhi, the BJP is considering going a bit slow on its plans of a series of Modi rallies in the state and build up momentum closer to general elections. "With elections due only in April-may, we don't want to start a vigorous campaign immediately," a party leader said
Of these seats, the biggest chunk of 55 is from the 80-member Uttar Pradesh and the only states where it has no hopes of winning a single seat are Manipur, Tripura and Pondicherry.
The targets are based on an internal state-wise assessment made earlier this month around the time when the party had decided to declare Modi as Prime Ministerial candidate.
While drawing up its list of seats to focus on, the party has taken into account seats it has won at some point in general elections since 1989, seats it lost narrowly and the Modi factor leading to a repeat of its 1998 performance in UP when the majority community voted cutting across caste lines.
In Uttar Pradesh in the 2009 elections, the BJP won only ten seats and lost 11 by a margin of less than 50,000 votes. With UP being seen as its key to power in Delhi, the BJP is considering going a bit slow on its plans of a series of Modi rallies in the state and build up momentum closer to general elections. "With elections due only in April-may, we don't want to start a vigorous campaign immediately," a party leader said
PRADEEP KUMAR SHUKLA
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