The BJP's position in Uttar Pradesh is "not satisfactory" and it faces a tough task in next Lok Sabha elections in the state, senior party leader and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh admitted  today.


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		</script> </DIV><p class='TableClas'>He said if the party wishes to come to power at the Centre, the party will have to win 35 to 40 seats in the state. This target, he said, could be achieved "only if the selection of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls is done very carefully and impartially. </P>
</p><p class='TableClas'>The former chief minister stressed that while he would fulfill any "specific responsibility" assigned to him in the party's interests, he was not angling for any "extra responsibility" beyond&nbsp; his present assignment in the party as its vice-president.</P></p><p class='TableClas'></p></table>


BJP not well placed in UP: Kalyan Singh

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