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BJP leadership aims at half of Lok Sabha seats in South
The national leadership of BJP has chalked out strategies with a special emphasis on southern states to bolster its presence in the region for winning half of the Lok Sabha seats in 2019 polls, said BJP national spokesperson G V L Narasimha Rao.
Visakhapatnam: The national leadership of BJP has chalked out strategies with a special emphasis on southern states to bolster its presence in the region for winning half of the Lok Sabha seats in 2019 polls, said BJP national spokesperson G V L Narasimha Rao.
- Party national spokesperson Narasimha Rao says alliances will be decided later
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He addressed the media at a private hotel here on Monday. “With the help of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s positive image and BJP’s policies, we will strive to get more and more support for our party from the people,” he said adding that they would decide on the alliances later, hinting that the strategies would vary from state to state, even in Andhra Pradesh, where BJP is a junior partner to ruling TDP.
Giving his take on the performances of different governments in southern India, Narasimha Rao described TRS governance in Telangana as “more of promotion and less of action”.
Taking a jibe at Congress rule in Karnataka, he said Chief Minister Siddaramaiah failed to maintain law and order in the state. As there was political vacuum in Tamil Nadu, BJP will rise as a strong force, he claimed.
Pinning hopes on Kerala, he said their party vote share has been on rise in the Left-ruled state. Heaping praise on Narendra Modi, he said the Central government had been giving equal importance to both welfare of people and development of the country.
Commenting on the fall of GDP growth to 5.7 per cent in Q1 of 2017-18, he dubbed it “temporary phenomenon” due to massive economic reforms taken up by the Prime Minister. On Vijay-starrer Tamil film 'Mersal' controversy, he said any constructive criticism of the government's decisions would be accepted, but not the false allegations.
