Pramod Mahajan hints at early Lok Sabha polls

RAIPUR: BJP General Secretary Pramod Mahajan on Monday hinted at early Lok Sabha polls and called on party workers to create history in 2004 by making Atal Bihari Vajpayee Prime Minister for the fourth consecutive term.
Addressing the national executive of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morch (BJYM) here, Mahajan said the Lok Sabha polls are scheduled in September 2004. "But September is not a good time for polls due to rainfall. Hence, the election could be held either in scorching heat of May or in the pleasant weather of January or February, 2004," he said.
Although the final decision on this will be taken by the party central leadership, workers should not wait for the polls and begin their preparation right from today, the senior party leader said.
"This year''s elections to the four states - Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi- are also important for the party," Mahajan said.

Exuding confidence about winning the 2004 Lok Sabha polls, he said, "Vajpayee will create a new history of being consecutively elected to head the government in four successive Parliaments."