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'Poll outcome, no indicator of Tehelka fallout'
By Our Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI, APRIL 7. The Assembly election results cannot be taken
as an indicator of the political fallout of the Tehelka tapes,
the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president, Mr. Jana
Krishnamurthi, said today. ``And the party will not claim
otherwise if the results are in out favour,'' he added. If the
country had been facing a Lok Sabha election immediately after
the Tehelka scandal, then of course, it could be claimed that the
results indicated the impact of the scandal.
At an informal interaction with a few reporters here today, the
BJP president ruled out any tacit understanding with the
Trinamool Congress in West Bengal. When the Trinamool had left
the National Democratic Alliance and had joined hands with the
Congress, where was the room for any tacit understanding, he said
indicating that the BJP would contest around 200 seats in the
State.
In Kerala, the party would put up candidates in about a 100
Assembly segments, while it would confine itself to the 21 seats
allotted to it Tamil Nadu. In Assam, the number of seats to be
contested were being negotiated with the Asom Gana Parishad.
In Assam, the two parties would contest on their own manifestoes,
and the modalities of a joint campaign, if indeed there would be
one, had not yet been worked out. Neither the BJP nor the AGP had
raised the issue of projection of a Chief Minister. It was
assumed that the decision regarding this would be taken jointly
after the election results.
In Tamil Nadu, although the MDMK leader, Mr. Vaiko, had stated
that his party would not contest seats being fought by the BJP
and would also work for victory of the BJP candidates, Mr.
Krishnamurthi reiterated that the BJP would work only for the
candidates of the DMK-led front.
By Our Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI, APRIL 7. A small but significant reshuffle and
reorganisation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) can be
expected shortly. Giving a clear indication, the BJP president,
Mr Jana Krishnamurthi, said he hoped to ``decentralise'' power
and make each person ``accountable'' for the work allocated to
him or her.
He hoped to fill three vacancies - that of party vice- president,
general secretary and secretary. The posts of vice- president and
general secretary became vacant when Mr. Krishnamurthi was
elevated to the post of president and Mr. Venkaiah Naidu joined
the Cabinet.
Mr. Krishnamurthi said while party posts were limited in number
and everyone could not be accommodated, he would ``give work to
every one.'' He believed that ``everyone in the organisation has
a place and a role to play.''
Over the next two to three years there would be a number of
crucial Assembly elections as well as important civic polls,
including those in Delhi and Maharashtra. Work would be given to
everyone and would ``not be concentrated in my hands.'' But,
along with decentralisation of power and work, those given work
would be accountable for it.
Dismissing the criticism of the Government's economic policy by
the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), Mr. Krishnamurthi said the BMS
was neither ``sponsored by the BJP'' nor was controlled by it.
The trade union had always been independent even during the Jana
Sangh days and had differed with it on policy matters.
As for the making and breaking of alliances seen in the last few
years, the BJP president said the era of coalition politics had
brought with it a plus point - more and more regional parties had
acquired a stake at the Centre, and to that extent the polity had
begun moving towards ``true federalism.'' This had also led to
better relations between national and regional parties.
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