Seeking to cash in on the "graft taint" on the two big parties of Tamil Nadu — ruling AIADMK and Opposition DMK — the BJP on Wednesday set an ambitious target of winning 122 plus seats in the 2016 Assembly elections and "capture power" in the State.
Although such a goal may seem unrealistic in the Tamil Nadu context where both the Dravidian parties, AIADMK and DMK, have been holding sway for decades, the BJP is apparently buoyed after its recent success in Haryana and Maharashtra.
BJP leaders at a party meet here asked "why it should not be possible" if it could happen in "Haryana and Maharashtra".
Enrolling one crore members from the present 10 lakh, strengthening party units at the grass roots level like the booth unit were among the strategies deliberated as part of the "goal 2016". The meet fixed "122 plus" seats as its target out of the total 234 in the State Assembly.
The general council meeting of the Tamil Nadu BJP was held on Wednesday in which senior leaders, including Ministers of State Pon Radhakrishnan and Rajiv Pratap Rudy participated. The leaders while addressing partymen lashed out at the ruling AIADMK and DMK which faced corruption charges.