Modi, Rajnath to Form BJP Panels for 2014 Polls

New Delhi: The BJP parliamentary board said it will force the Congress to fight the Lok Sabha elections on the issues of "good governance and development", and authorised Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and party chief Rajnath Singh to form panels to steer the campaign.

Briefing reporters after a board meeting, party general secretary Ananth Kumar said panels will be formed to prepare a "charge sheet" against the UPA government, the BJP's manifesto and campaign programme. The party was ready for snap polls, he said.

"The parliamentary board has authorised Narendrabhai and party president Rajnath Singh to form the structure (of committees) and decide how to take forward the campaign," Ananth Kumar said.

He said the two leaders will form the committees in consultation with members of the parliamentary board.

Ananth Kumar said the BJP was "in election mode" and the parliamentary board will again meet in about a week.

He said the party will force the Congress to contest the election on issues of "good governance and development".

The BJP leader's remarks come against the backdrop of speculation that the party may seek to revive its Hindutva agenda and rake up the issue of the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh.

"We will make good governance and development national issues before people. The parliamentary board had decided to take these issues to the grassroots," he said.