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Article: BSP gears up for Lok Sabha polls

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April 22, 2008
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Rajesh Kumar Singh

Hindustan Times

NEW DELHI, India, April 22 -- ENTHUSED BY their performance in the recent bypolls on two Lok Sabha seats and three Vidhan Sabha seats, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has now started gearing up for the coming Lok Sabha election.

A meeting of the MPs, MLAs, MLCs and coordinators will be held under the chairmanship of the BSP chief Mayawati at the end of the month (probably on April 28) to discuss the strategy for the general election next year.

According to the BSP leaders, 'behenji' may give her approval to the names of the candidate who would be fielded on various Lok Sabha seats. Around half a dozen ministers and four MLCs have been directed to gear up for ...

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