Admitting that organisation needs some fine tuning, in-charge of state unit of Congress Madhusudan Mistry said that UPA was well poised to retain power with major contribution coming from Uttar Pradesh.
"The BJP has created a false hype about Narendra Modi. The claims will fall flat in the lok Sabha as well as coming Vidhan Sabha elections. Our performance in UP in the next lok Sabha polls will surprise many and we will do much better than expected," he told a group of journalists here on Monday.
Mistry, who is here in connection with the meeting of zonal in-charges of the party in view of the agitation against the UP government on Food Security Act on November 21, admitted some fine tuning was needed at the organisational level in UP. "I am going to meet the sitting MPs soon on one on one basis besides will take a broadside view of the party preparedness," he said.
Indicating that all the sitting MPs from the state will be given ticket with the exception of Bahraich MP Commando Kamal Kishore who wants to change his constituency he said the party will increase its tally from existing 22 in the 2014 lok Sabha polls. Blaming the Bharatiya Janata Party for trying to polarise the polls Mistry said BJP knows it can not win the election therefore it has played the religion card. The BJP will face the rout not only in lok Sabha elections but also in assembly elections of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
In reply to a question, he denied party's proximity with Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party in any way. "The party is not trustworthy," he said. He even said that Mulayam Singh Yadav-led Samawajwadi Party and BSP were always close to BJP and could go with NDA post-lok Sabha elections. "BSP and SP are nurturing a false dream because the NDA will never come to power," he said.
To another query, he denied reports of Sultanpur MP Sanjay Singh joining BJP. "I have spoken to him and he reaffirmed his allegiance to the Congress," Congress in-charge said. The All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary declined any comment on the possibility of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra contesting the lok Sabha polls from Rae Bareli or from any other place. "Such reports are too speculative and moreover I am not the right person to even reply to this," he said.