BJP's National Executive will meet here to brainstorm on the party's strategy for the coming Assembly and Lok Sabha polls while seeking to project itself as the front runner.
NEW DELHI: In the shadow of the violent Gujjar stir in party-ruled Rajasthan, BJP's National Executive will meet here on Sunday to brainstorm on the party's strategy for the coming Assembly and Lok Sabha polls while seeking to project itself as the front runner.
Having donned the election war paint, the party will come down heavily on the UPA government on a host of issues besides deliberating on the nitty-gritty of poll management, including selection of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls at the two-day conclave.
Even as it was rejoicing over its southern foray in Karnataka, the continuing Gujjar agitation in poll-bound Rajasthan has come as a dampener which even forced the party to shift the National Executive from Jaipur to Delhi at the last moment.
It is not clear whether Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje will attend the national executive.
Claiming itself to be the front runner for the next Lok Sabha polls, the meet will identify the issues to be raised in the coming days to target the UPA government besides formulating the winning mantra.
The main Opposition party has already been attacking the government on issues ranging from price rise, spurt in terror attacks, agricultural crisis, farmer suicides, corruption and mismanagement of food security and economy.
The party will also unveil plans for a nationwide stir against the Manmohan Singh in a bid to push the Congress onto the backfoot at a time when it is gearing up for elections in BJP-ruled Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and in Delhi.
Seeking to gain a headstart in campaigning for Lok Sabha polls, the party has already decided to begin the exercise for identifying its candidates from the middle of next month and the meet is expected to give the go ahead to the task.
The political resolution at the meet will focus on 'road to victory' in the context of the next Lok Sabha polls, while the resolutions on economic and foreign will concentrate on the government's "faulty" policies.
The Government's policy regarding Nepal, its "soft approach" towards terror in the context of Pakistan and Bangladesh, its "silence" on the "belligerence" shown by China will all form part of the resolution on foreign policy.
Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled states will also brief the executive about the development works carried out by them and the "discrimination" against them by the Congress-led Centre.
Another issue that is worrying the BJP leadership is the revolt against Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi by a section of party MLAs and the development is expected to cast its shadow on the meet.
While the party high command has ruled out a leadership change in Bihar ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, dissident MLAs are mulling resigning en masse if their demand is not met by June two.
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