BJP’s new team gets down to poll work

Getting down to business following the announcement of a new team by BJP president Rajnath Singh, party general secretaries met for the first time on Tuesday to discuss election strategy even as there were worries about the improved prospects of the BSP in Punjab.

The party believes an improved showing by the BSP. Especially, strongholds of the former party stalwart Kanshi Ram could affect the BSP overall showing, though they believe the anti-incumbency factor against the Congress government would enable the SAD-BJP alliance to sail through.

In Uttarakhand, where the BJP is