Corruption, threat to internal security and pseudo-secularism will also be part of the party's election campaign. The BJP, Naidu said, would highlight the increase of corruption and criminalisation during the Congress and United Front rule. Besides citing the findings of the Vohra Committee, the BJP would also focus on the Sushil Sharma `tandoor' murder and the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi.

The party also denied AIADMK chief Jayalalitha's allegation that there had been a ``secret deal'' between Prime Minister A B Vajpayee and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, on the Cauvery water issue.

``There is no secret deal, but a perfect understanding among the four states and the Centre, and the people of these states arehappy,'' BJP General Secretary M Venkaiah Naidu said. The entire country was happy that the long- standing Cauvery water dispute had been resolved to the satisfaction of all parties concerned.

Jayalalitha had said that Karunanidhi had signed the agreement, only to secure an assurance from the Centre that the TN government would not be dismissed. The Cauvery River Water Authority was of little benefit to the Cauvery delta farmers in TN, she said.

Naidu said that BJP President Kushabhau Thakre would release an ``election statement'' on November 10.