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The BJP on Monday said Mr Singh's term had been a disappointment, "devoid of any achievement" .

A good showing, BJP strategists say, would do much to lure allies in India's south and east, where the BJP itself has no chance.

Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members waved fistfuls of money in the air, alleging that they had been offered bribes to abstain.

Mr Gatkari, at least, is clear that he is "not at all interested" in leading any future BJP government.

This has fuelled allegations that prepublication leaks of parts of it were politically motivated. The government has denied this.

Indeed, much of the BJP's rancour over his alleged giveaway was a bid to rally itself after a disappointing election.

The top opposition party, the BJP, is saying the government, led by Prime Minister Singh, is no longer fit to stay in power.

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On current form, the BJP's electoral prospects look no better than Congress's, which probably explains why its rival seems oddly chipper.

In neighbouring Gujarat, torn by Hindu-Muslim strife, it has preached "soft Hindutva" , a milder version of the BJP's hate-filled creed.

The dialogue began, as Mr Singh reminded parliament, under a government of the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

BJP parliamentarians quip that Mr Singh seems such a liability for Congress they are anxious lest he resign.

Though a general election is not due until 2014, and despite facing corruption scandals of its own, the BJP is pushing on.

The BJP is struggling to be rid of Mr Yeddyurappa, reflecting difficulties parties face in fighting graft.

On March 23rd they got it, after the BJP stormed out of a session on financial reforms.

So was the rightwing Hindu nationalist BJP, which lost a large amount of territory.

The chief minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, is allied with the BJP while drawing on strong Muslim backing in his state.

The BJP lacks a strong leader, and Mr Modi is a talented speaker and showman. Yet he is sidelined.

A senior BJP leader, Yashwant Sinha says the party will lead a nationwide movement to oppose the entry of global retail giants.

Frictions between Hindus and religious minorities have often rallied more extreme Hindu groups aligned with the BJP.

Perhaps the BJP leadership deliberately went for ideological compromise for capturing power at centre.

The situation started improving after a coalition government of a socialist party and the BJP assumed power five years ago.

And so, two years after an unexpectedly bad thumping at a general election, the BJP sees glimmers of electoral recovery.

The BJP may be on to a good thing: over 80% of Indians tell pollsters that graft is worse than ever.

Telecoms Minister, Kapil Sibal, accused the opposition BJP of not being serious in the fight against corruption.

A well-led Congress government would potentially enjoy all sorts of advantages that the BJP lacks.

The largest opposition party, the BJP, demanded Minister Shivraj Patel's resignation immediately following the Saturday blast.

The BJP will not win in Uttar Pradesh, but it hopes to knock Congress into fourth place.

The main opposition Hindu nationalist BJP fears that the deal could compromise India's ability to test nuclear weapons in the future.

A bigger poll in August found respondents in BJP-run states to be happiest with their governments.

Gujarat is ruled by chief minister Narendra Modi, a leader of India's opposition Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party.

In a general election this spring, the BJP took a drubbing. It now controls only 116 seats in the 543-member parliament.

They also fear it will benefit educated, high-caste women, who are more likely to stand for Congress or the BJP.

The BJP's national decline shows that most Indians put economic development above religion.

Viewed as less liberal than his predecessor Atal Bihari Vajpayee, he has a younger generation of BJP leaders at his back.

"Cobbling an alliance together is the art and science of politics, " is how Prakash Javadekar, the BJP's senior spokesman, puts it.

The BJP says the law is needed to tackle the growing terror threat, but the government says it was misused to harass Muslims.

And the Communists do not actually want to topple the government and let the BJP in.

Yashwant Sinha, the BJP's most recent foreign minister, has criticised the government already for giving America too much.

BJP supporter Yossarin Offstumped says that the Indian electorate has voted for stability but chosen the wrong national party.

They have repeatedly called on Mr Singh (pictured here with the BJP's Lal Krishna Advani) to quit.

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi is a Muslim and vice president of the BJP.

The main opposition party, the BJP, which enjoys the support of millions of stallholders, is doing its best to whip up anger.

The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) used the Ayodhya dispute to rise to prominence and, in 1998, power.

LK Advani, leader of India's opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, blamed the government for failing to keep Mumbai secure.

In 2008 Mr Yeddyurappa's mining ties, and backing from rural Lingayat voters, won the state for the BJP, for the first time.

For the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) this is a chance to sound tough.

Could the BJP become a party of aspiration?

But social activists, judges and the BJP got there first.

After Monday's verdict, senior BJP leader Balbir Punj said justice has been handed to the riot victims.

The second #indiavotes09 meme was about the failure of BJP's aggressive digital campaign.

On September 4th the first national opinion poll after Mr Hazare's protests showed BJP support of 32%, up from 23% in May.

Last year, after the party came to power in Karnataka, in the south, the state suffered a rash of anti-Christian violence.

That is bad for the BJP.

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