Aiming For 400 Seats, BJP Sets Up Panel To Recruit Opposition MPs: Sources

BJP sources said the party may explore this option particularly in seats where it does not feel it has a candidate capable of winning.

Having set itself a mammoth target of winning 400 of the 543 Lok Sabha seats in the upcoming elections, the BJP is looking at all avenues, including bringing in leaders from other parties, to achieve it, sources have told NDTV.

At an important strategy meeting held on Tuesday, BJP President JP Nadda assigned different responsibilities to various general secretaries of the party. BJP General Secretary Vinod Tawde has been given charge of the joining committee.

"This committee will explore the possibility of bringing influential leaders and sitting MPs from other parties to the BJP. The decision will be taken based on the person's influence in the constituency and his or her ability to win elections," a source said, adding that the party may explore this option particularly in seats where it does not feel it has a candidate capable of winning.