The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led alliance was targeting victory in 30 Assembly seats in the May 16 election, the party’s former south India organising secretary P.P. Mukundan has said.
Speaking to journalists here on Monday, Mr. Mukundan, who recently returned to State politics after a 10-year hiatus, said the BJP was a formidable force in another 60 constituencies that could upset the winning quotient of both the coalitions.
Later, addressing a keynote address at a joint meeting of BJP and RSS workers at the RSS north zone headquarters, he said the BJP could not grow in the State for various reasons, especially on account of two coalitions with seven to eight parties each.
Changed situation
Now the situation had changed and that was evident in the huge rallies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the last week. He said that it was not a question of the BJP opening an account in the Assembly, but how many seats the party would win in these elections. Now the media was forced to recognise that many Assembly constituencies witnessed a triangular fight. Those who voted for the Congress and the Left parties earlier were with BJP. This was a new beginning and the surge was unexpected, Mr. Mukundan said.
