CHENNAI: The state unit of the BJP is keen on contesting the bypolls in all the 20 constituencies in Tamil Nadu . The party is also ready to face the local body elections at any time, state president of the party Tamilisai Soundararajan said on Saturday.The party held a meeting with the district presidents of the 20 constituencies to assess the situation in their respective districts and constituencies on Friday.“We heard their views and discussed the election strategies for the bypolls. The party has started preparedness to face the election at any time,” Tamilisai told TOI.“The BJP would create a big impact in Tamil Nadu. The party will form a very strong alliance in the state for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections,” she said.On speculations about the AIADMK and the BJP forming an alliance for the Lok Sabha elections, she said, “We are also confident of forming a strong alliance in the state for the 2019 elections. We are in talks with certain parties, but talks are in the initial stage.”The party was not bothered about opposition camps, meetings of opposition parties’ leaders and talk about alliance, Tamilisai said, adding, “the leaders of the existing alliance led by the DMK in the state is meeting Stalin in the recent past. It is not a new alliance. We are not worried about it.”Endorsing actor Rajinikanth’s recent controversial statement on ten ganging against one, she said party leader Narendra Modi was a strong leader. “The culture of ganging up against one for airing his/her view prevails here in Tamil Nadu,” she said referring to Thol Thirumavalavan and several other regional parties’ leaders statement against Rajinikanth.Ridiculing MMK leader Kamal Haasan’s meeting with disabled children on Children’s Day, Tamilisai wondered why he had not met the children all these years.“After acting in cinema for 26 years, now he is acting in political arena. But they cannot fool the people. He sheds tears on seeing the disabled children and I wondered where he was all these years and why he did not see these children all these years,” she added.

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