<p>The suspense over projecting a prime ministerial candidate might get over with the BJP expected to convene its central parliamentary board meeting towards the end of next month to decide the electoral strategy for the next general elections. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The BJP has so far maintained that the parliamentary board will take a call whether Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi should be showcased as the prime ministerial candidate given the demand by a section within the party. <br /><br />Interestingly, Modi himself was drafted into the highest decision making body after a gap of six years by Rajnath Singh when he had announced his new team on March 31.<br />“We will convene a parliamentary board meeting in June end to decide when to start distributing tickets for the Lok Sabha elections,” the BJP president said. <br /><br />When asked whether the parliamentary board in its next month meeting will also take a call on whether to project prime ministerial candidate, Singh hinted, “It might also be discussed”.<br /><br /> Singh, however, reiterated that the decision on whether Modi should be projected as prime ministerial candidate or allowed to lead the election committee will be taken by the parliamentary board.<br /><br />National executive<br /><br />Prior to that, the BJP will hold its three-day national executive meeting in Goa from June 7, where the party will discuss the UPA-II’s four years in power which it completes next month and discuss the election which would be held in states including Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, besides the general polls. <br />The BJP president also said that within a week’s time, the party will make public the states-in-charge list so that the political machinery in states is automated to the poll requirements. <br /><br />The BJP has already completed about 40 per cent of assessment of different parliamentary constituencies spread over states such as Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, the BJP president said.<br /><br />At the same time, the party is also organising state-wise election surveys of some of the regions which would work as a back up for putting up a blueprint of electoral management. Without getting into details, Singh said that “in some states where internal poll surveys are going on, we are ahead of Congress”.</p>
<p>The suspense over projecting a prime ministerial candidate might get over with the BJP expected to convene its central parliamentary board meeting towards the end of next month to decide the electoral strategy for the next general elections. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The BJP has so far maintained that the parliamentary board will take a call whether Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi should be showcased as the prime ministerial candidate given the demand by a section within the party. <br /><br />Interestingly, Modi himself was drafted into the highest decision making body after a gap of six years by Rajnath Singh when he had announced his new team on March 31.<br />“We will convene a parliamentary board meeting in June end to decide when to start distributing tickets for the Lok Sabha elections,” the BJP president said. <br /><br />When asked whether the parliamentary board in its next month meeting will also take a call on whether to project prime ministerial candidate, Singh hinted, “It might also be discussed”.<br /><br /> Singh, however, reiterated that the decision on whether Modi should be projected as prime ministerial candidate or allowed to lead the election committee will be taken by the parliamentary board.<br /><br />National executive<br /><br />Prior to that, the BJP will hold its three-day national executive meeting in Goa from June 7, where the party will discuss the UPA-II’s four years in power which it completes next month and discuss the election which would be held in states including Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, besides the general polls. <br />The BJP president also said that within a week’s time, the party will make public the states-in-charge list so that the political machinery in states is automated to the poll requirements. <br /><br />The BJP has already completed about 40 per cent of assessment of different parliamentary constituencies spread over states such as Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, the BJP president said.<br /><br />At the same time, the party is also organising state-wise election surveys of some of the regions which would work as a back up for putting up a blueprint of electoral management. Without getting into details, Singh said that “in some states where internal poll surveys are going on, we are ahead of Congress”.</p>
