Grand alliance of opposition parties could hurt BJP in UP: Amit Shah

Shah said the state polls to Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan will be a 'trailer' for 2019

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New Delhi: BJP National President Amit Shah addresses a press conference at the party headquarters, in New Delhi on Tuesday, July 31, 2018. Photo: PTI

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Last Updated : Sep 25 2018 | 4:39 PM IST

After feedback that the party could be struggling to return to power in Rajasthan, where its beset with infighting, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah on Tuesday asked party workers in Jaipur to put their heart and sinew into winning the forthcoming Rajasthan Assembly polls.

Shah said the state polls to Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan will be a “trailer” for 2019. “The BJP's victory in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections will pave the way for the party's rule for the next 50 years,” Shah told BJP workers at a ‘Shakti Kendra Sammelan’. Shah had made a similar claim