BJP will win record seats in 2014: LK Advani

NEW DELHI: BJP patriarch LK Advani on Saturday declared that his party will deliver “record-breaking results” in the 2014 polls.

With the Congress bogged down by corruption and price rise, Advani said the political situation was ideal for such an outcome for the BJP. He also predicted an early election.

“Looking at the confidence of the SC Morcha workers here, I am sure that we will achieve record breaking results in the Lok Sabha elections ,” Advani said, addressing the BJP Scheduled Caste Front National Executive.

Referring to the opinion polls commissioned by media houses, he said usually such polls are “prejudiced” against the BJP but this time, even these surveys show that the party will win the elections . He made no mention of Modi in his speech.

The opinion polls confirmed the assessment of the party leadership about Modi emerging as the most popular prime ministerial aspirant. The BJP leader said the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls due this year would be over by April, 2014. “We have not experienced so many elections — in six-seven states and the Lok Sabha elections — in such a short span,” he said.

“Keeping the weather conditions and other factors in mind, the Election Commission will also want early elections, whether the government wants it or not. The government may also want early polls. But whenever the elections are (to be) held, you should start preparations without speculating about the time,” an agency report quoted Advani saying. LKpraisesRSS:Advani, whose ties with the RSS had reportedly strained after Modi’s elevation, on Saturday praised the Sangh and said its policy of not discriminating on the basis of caste had helped them win the support of Dalit voters.