VARANASI: BJP president Amit Shah on Wednesday called upon party workers to be ready for the scenario where SP and BSP come together for the 2019 polls, emphasising that an alliance between Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati could potentially create complications for the party's bid to sweep the politically crucial UP like in 2014.Addressing a closed-door meeting of the party's social media warriors, Shah said the challenge to BJP in UP could become tougher in case "bua" (BSP chief Mayawati) and "bhatija" (SP chief Akhilesh Yadav) joined hands, and asked them to start working straightaway to increase BJP's vote share in the state from 44% in 2014 to 51%.The country will go into election mode after August 15. Everyone here should be prepared for it,” Shah said to stress that the party did not have time to lose.According to sources, in his address to the party’s IT cell at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Trade Facilitation Centre auditorium, Shah asked the participants to give him details of constituencies where the likely ‘Bua-Bhatija’ alliance could pose a challenge.On getting a muted response, Shah sought to rally the spirits of the audience saying, “There is no threat to BJP from any grand alliance but we will have to be prepared. The party will definitely take up its its vote share... we will make it possible and take the number of seats from 72 to 74 in the state.”He said, “I am coming here after visiting over 17 states. We are in power in 70% area of India. Imagine what response leaders like Mamata Bannerjee, Chandrababu Naidu or H D Deve Gowda will get if they come to cities like Bareilly, Agra or Varanasi to address a rally. They are regional leaders and have no hold on votes out of their states.”

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