BJP for tie-up with UDF, LDF rebels

By Roy Mathew

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, SEPT. 3. The Bharatiya Janata Party is looking for tie-up with UDF and LDF rebels wherever it has a chance for victory in the coming local bodies elections. A clear picture of such alliances would emerge only after the last date for withdrawal of nominations on September 4.

The party is fielding some 7,000 to 8,000 candidates out of the total of over 12,000 seats and most of them are party members. This suggests that there had not been much effort for Beypore- model seat adjustments. Alliances would be mostly with rebels from the two main fronts in the State.

In addition to the BJP candidates, the National Democratic Alliance will be fielding candidates, mostly in the southern districts.

The BJP general secretary, Mr. P.P. Mukundan, said the party had taken care to field candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Tribes and minorities besides women. It did not face much difficulty in finding suitable candidates for reserved seats. The BJP would be fielding the largest number of candidates in the State.

The party would be basing the positive side of its campaign on the need for a development-oriented politics based on self- reliance in the State. Mr. Mukundan said the BJP would have favoured fielding of candidates without party label if other parties agreed on it. The economic and other problems needed to be addressed together in this respect, he said.

BJP leaders are meeting here soon to finalise the party's strategies and the campaign programme. The party will be highlighting the corruption in administration, especially at the ministerial level. The Plus Two issue and starvation deaths would be among the other issues. The campaign would also focus on increase in crimes, especially atrocities against women.

The party would draw the attention of the people to the financial position of the State. It would tell the people that the State Government had diverted and failed to spend money allocated by the Centre for flood relief and tribal development.

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