L Ganesan

'Selection to win
is BJP's strategy'
'We are contesting 11 Lok Sabha seats and one or two may be added and it will be decided as to whom to vote in other constituencies', BJP State president L Ganesan said. He said he was a humble servant of the party, working areawise and contesting this election was not his decision, the party wanted him to fight the election from South Chennai and he abided.
'We have to contest not for contest sake. Selection to win and winnable seat we are contesting,' he elaborated to me in a chat at Kamalalayam, the BJP headquarters in Chennai.
This being Parliamentary election the choice was between the DMK, the AIADMK and the BJP. BJP was the only nationalist party and it had a good chance, Ganesan added. In fact the BJP was benefited due to delimitation. The Congress would not get a majority of its own as it was fighting very few seats when the vastness of the nation was concerned. NDA would sure capture power at the Centre and Advaniji would be Prime Minister for another five years. A minimum of 200 seats and more the BJP would win and even it would not be a surprise if it emerged a single majority party.
South Chennai, an elite constituency, according to him, where good number of educated voters were there, middle class with nationalist spirit who would prefer the right candidate, he said.
He appealed to South Chennai voters to vote for him and wished everyone exercise his/her franchise without shirking one's responsibility. Our country's destiny rested in the hands of the people and while voting think about the candidate, the party and the candidate's previous achievements and the election manifestos.
People while voting voted to winnable candidates rather than to who should win. BJP, the only party which never eulogised leaders, gave importance to the nation rather than to party or persons. The slogan would be 'Bharat Mathaki jay' and in any of its headquarters it would have no leaders portraits or statues, excepting Bharat Matha statue with country in the forefront, he said.