BJP top brass reviews political situation

The top Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders took stock of the possible scenarios that could emerge after the fourth phase of polling and the steps that may need to be taken in the post-poll situation, party sources said.

The sources described the meeting as one that "merely took stock of the political situation".

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With 182 seats at stake in this fourth and final phase in many of the States where BJP and its allies are not expected to do well, the leaders discussed the pros and cons of the possible outcome, the sources said.

Meanwhile, Four BJP workers sustained injuries in a clash with Congress men outside the district police chief's residence on Sunday night, police said in Rohtak.

The incident occurred when unidentified persons smashed the windscreen of the vehicle of BJP candidate from Rohtak Parliamentary constituency Capt Abhimanyu, they said.

Abhimanyu alleged that as he got down from his vehicle some Congress supporters travelling in another vehicle tried to run him down but he was saved, they added.

Abhimanyu's younger brother and Union Minister Sahib Singh Verma's son-in-law Dev Suman was also accompanying him at the time of the incident.

One of the injured has been admitted to PGIMS hospital here, they said, adding police have registered an FIR in the case.