The Indian Express -- Politics

Friday, December 19 1997

BJP hopes to strike more pre-poll deals

The BJP's national executive which begins in Bhubaneswar today is mainly a confidence-building exercise on the eve of the Lok Sabha elections and will virtually kick-off its election campaign. The meeting is also likely to get a tremendous boost from BJP's tie-up with the AIADMK in Tamil Nadu and a probable alliance with the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Orissa on the eve of the executive.

Patel open to talks with Hegde; warns against tie-up with BJP

Karnataka chief minister J H Patel, conceding that the proposed BJP-Lok Shakti tie-up in Karnataka could pose a bigger challenge to the Janata Dal than the Congress in the Lok Sabha elections, has shown openness to talks with Ramakrishna Hegde. He has however shown "If he wants to co-operate with the United Front and fight the BJP and the Congress, he is welcome. But not if he goes on talking to Advani and Sitaram Kesri," he added.

No one's ready, but BJP has the upper hand

Almost all the parties in Uttar Pradesh are still reeling under the hectic pace of political developments during the past year. But with the anti-BJP parties unable to forge unity in the state, the BJP is likely to be at an advantage even though it has some compulsions of its own vis-a-vis its allies.

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