BJP reviews situation

Vajpayee, Advani and Jaswant Singh reviewed the political situation as final phase ended.

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani and Finance Minister Jaswant Singh on Monday reviewed the political situation as the fourth and final phase of polling for Lok Sabha was underway.

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The top BJP leaders took stock of the possible scenarios that could emerge after the fourth phase of polling and the steps that may need to be taken in the post-poll situation, party sources said.

The sources described the meeting as one that "merely took stock of the political situation".

With 182 seats at stake in this fourth and final phase in many of the states where BJP and its allies are not expected to do well, the leaders discussed the pros and cons of the possible outcome, the sources said.