NEW DELHI: Buratiya Janata Party president LK Advani has predicted big trouble” ahead for the Congress which the cabin expansion will fail to avert

Advani said that the just begun round of assembly elections will be crucial for the Congress as the last phase which included Andhra Pradesh and Kamalaka “And if the Congress loses Maharashtra, as it seems likely, then is in for big trouble,” he told report

Advani, who recently returned from campaign trip to Maharashua, said he felt that the BJP Shiv Sennalliance in the site will get a comfortable majority.” At a separate briefing, his colleague, Kristinn Lal Sharma claimed the reports suggested that the alliance had an edge in 86 of the 147 constituencies where the first round of polling took place Sharma said due to the choice of new ministers, in lighting in Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh will also increase

Advani said the electoral reforms would become the principal issue” in the 1996 Lok Sabha cloctions

He praised Seshan for his efforts to cleanse the poll process and cut down extravagant spending, while conceding my that the interrelations of some Election Commission guidelines to “unnecessary harassment of candidates and campaigners.”But the net result has been positive the direction has been correct the BJP president said.

Article extracted from this publication >> February 17, 1995