Expecting an election bugle anytime, the BJP has accelerated its preparations with party President Rajnath Singh calling meetings of MPs and senior leaders of crucial states. On Tuesday, the BJP President interacted with leaders from Madhya Pradesh. Also present were opposition leader L K Advani, Sushma Swaraj and V K Malhotra, besides MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and state BJP chief Narendra Tomar. On Wednesday Rajasthan and on Thursday Gujarat leaders will meet in Delhi with the same purpose of energising organisational activities at the grassroots. BJP has launched a nationwide campaign, BJP at every booth. The party’s aim it to establish a unit at every polling booth in the country, which could substantially improve its poll prospects. Rajnath Singh is first taking up the BJP-ruled states, which should contribute the majority of seats in the event of an election. Advani said it had become “certain” that the Congress-led Government will not last its entire term and elections may be held in 2007 or 2008. “Though it is not clear exactly when the Manmohan Singh Government will collapse, it is sure that it will not survive beyond 2008,” the former Deputy Prime Minister predicted.
