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Results didn’t come up to expectations: BJP

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party feels it did not lose the general election because it was not in government and did not have the power to lose. But the results were below its expectations.

Party leader M.A. Naqvi said this here on Wednesday while briefing the media on the party conclave scheduled here this week-end on June 20 and 21.

When repeatedly asked whether the party’s national executive committee would discuss the poll debacle, he said: “It is wrong to say the BJP lost the election, because we were not in government. We did have some expectations and the results did not come up to those expectations. We remained at 116 Lok Sabha seats, but we are a strong Opposition.”

Mr. Naqvi hinted that there might not be a free-for-all session, where the defeat would be discussed as demanded by some leaders who had accused the leadership of trying to sweep under the carpet issues that had arisen due to a botched up campaign.

He said that as was done in the past the State units would report to the national executive committee the facts related to the election in their state.

Special attention would be paid to the States where Assembly elections were due shortly — Jharkhand, Haryana, Maharashtra and Arunachal Pradesh.

The State units’ preparedness to meet the poll challenge would be put before the conclave. Asked whether specific issues raised by Sudheendra Kulkarni, political aide of Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha L.K. Advani, and party leaders Yashwant Sinha and Jaswant Singh would be discussed, Mr. Naqvi said he could not say what would come up, but all relevant issues would be discussed.

The presidential address by Rajnath Singh, a speech by Mr. Advani, and a political resolution on the current political situation would be the highlights of the conclave.

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