Hyderabad: Not fully ruling out the possibility to advance Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today (Dec 24, 2003) said it was seeking feedback from its State units on "which month is suitable" for elections and asking the cadre to be "ready" to win 300 seats if polls are held earlier.

"The Government can take any decision. As of now, we have asked the cadre to gear up for achieving the target of 300 seats in 250 days. If it (election) is advanced, the target can be, say, 125 days-300 seats," BJP president M Venkaiah Naidu told reporters in Hyderabad.

A meeting of BJP's national executive, scheduled to be held in Hyderabad from Jan 11-12, would "decide on the timing of polls after taking feedback from State units on which month is suitable weather wise," he said.

Asserting that no decision has been taken so far on advancing elections, he dropped hints that his party was leaving some room for such a possibility.

Evading a direct reply to a question whether he was ruling out the possibility of early Lok Sabha polls, he quipped, "I am not proposing that. Where is the question of opposing it?"

Invoking cricketing jargon, Naidu said, "The party cadre should be prepared to achieve the target in, so to say, 125 balls also."