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'BJP going through generational change'

By Our Special Correspondent

CHENNAI JULY 2. The new BJP president, Venkiah Naidu, today said the party was going through a `generational change' to take on the elections and challenges of the future.

Mr. Naidu, who arrived in Chennai en route Nellore, said the main item on his agenda was to strengthen the party at all levels. ``There is no need to be apologetic about the BJP ideology. We will continue to pursue the same ideology," he told presspersons at the Chennai airport.

He said the BJP had a fair share of portfolios in the recent reshuffleand that would go a long way in ensuring that the party did well at the national level. The NDA had an agenda and it was flying the BJP flag to achieve it.

Speaking to partymen at an impromptu address at the airport, he thanked all volunteers for having developed the party in Tamil Nadu and sought their support to

ther galvanise the party here. He had formulated a three-pronged approach to revitalise and rejuvenate the party for the next elections.

In Tamil Nadu, this process involved improving of relations with the DMK to fight as an effective front against the anti-NDA forces.

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