The Delhi unit is a little out of touch with Opposition politics, after being in power for five long years. Quite unlike the BJP's national-level workers and leaders, who are now being blamed for not being able to discover the art of being the ruling party.

A matter-of-fact state party chief Mange Ram Garg said: ``We've accepted defeat. Now we have to take the next step. That is why we decided to go for a two-day introspection camp where we'll teach our workers how best to play the Opposition role. If the Congress carries on with our development we'll cooperate and be a constructive opposition. If they don't we'll start our agitation.''

The two-day closed-door session will give the workers a chance to air their views regarding the election strategies followed byleaders of the party that led to the debacle. The BJP plans to take up the price rise, which has been identified as the issue which led to its ouster, and beat the Congress with the same stick.

The strategy of how best to utilise the issue in case of a mid-term general election is reportedly one of the primary goals of camp. The workers are going to be trained to tackle the issue to their benefit. The other issue which is likely to be discussed threadbare is how to best restore the party's image in Delhi. ``Madan Lal Khurana and Sahib Singh Verma's war of words and the way of they have issued statements against each other have badly damaged the party's image. They played into the Congress hands. Something needs to be done about that,'' a BJP candidate in the recent election said.