BJP may forge new regional tie-ups to near magic number

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New Delhi, Feb 4 : To go near the 200 seat-mark in the next Lok Sabha elections, the BJP is looking at new alliances in states such as Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Jammu &Kashmir, where the party's presence is marginal.

A recent internal survey, commissioned by the party, has projected the best and worst case scenarios - maximum 196 seats and minimum 90 seats.

The survey has suggested that in the absence of a wave in favour of any party, the outcome of the next general elections would be an aggregate of states results. With this assessment in mind, the survey has said that the party must work on state-wise coalitions.

For this, it has identified few regional political outfits, including AGP in Assam, TMC in West Bengal, AIADMK in Tamil Nadu, TRS in Andhra Pradesh, INLD in Haryana, JMM in Jharkhand and Panthers in jammu & Kashmir.

The survey has also cautioned the party against anti-incumbency in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Orissa, where the party is ruling in alliance with BJD. It, however, projected gain in Delhi and Karnataka.

Segmenting voters into various categories, the survey suggested the BJP to focus on youth by catching them young, tribal by making big promises and women by showing them big dreams. Considering parties like SP, TDP, BSP and others as UPA vote splitters, it has also been suggested to find ways and means to strengthen them. “One way of doing so is to make them believe that BJP is their main rival than the Congress,” it said.

Suggesting a genuine survey for local incumbency in the party-ruled states, it urged to seriously think of changing candidates with adverse incumbency.