Elections 2019: Will Masood Azhar's tagging as 'global terrorist' help BJP?

The BJP needs to sweep the remaining three phases of voting to be able to get close to its performance in 2014; this tagging has given its workers another talking point

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BJP will use the tagging of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as a UN designated terrorist as an achievement of its policy of 'zero tolerance' against terrorism

Archis Mohan New Delhi

5 min read Last Updated : May 02 2019 | 2:45 PM IST

Nearly 70 per cent of the Lok Sabha polls is over with polling completed in 373 of 542 Lok Sabha seats (Polling for Vellore seat will take place later). However, elections have now entered their most crucial juncture since much of the Hindi heartland will go to polls over the remaining three phases.

If it has to return to power, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would need to maximize its gains in the remaining 170-seats that will go to polls on May 6, 12 and 19. The BJP had accomplished this in 2014 when it swept the Hindi heartland.

Until now, the