“We want to make sure we have the right candidates in Uttarakhand where we are contesting the polls alone. We wanted to give the right message that we are willing to make drastic changes because we want to have the right image,” Naqvi said.
The BJP is moving on the assumption that the anti-incumbency factor and an aggressive campaign will see it through. It is also in keeping with the message from Vajpayee and Advani, during their ‘margdarshan’ speeches at the BJP national council meeting in Lucknow, that it was necessary for the party to pick candidates with a clean image to win the coming polls.