``When!'' she exclaimed when reporters asked for her reaction on the poll schedule soon after she came out of a meeting of Leaders of Opposition parties convened by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on the Kargil issue.

She, however, gathered her wits and said ``we are ready to face the polls.''

Asked if the Congress would make Kargil an election issue, she said ``They (BJP) are planning to do so but they are accusing us,'' she said, adding BJP president Kushabhau Thakre had indicated that his party would make it an issue. ``We have been feeling that an atmosphere of intimidation has been built to prevent us from speaking out (on Kargil),'' she said.