Gujarat polls acid test for BJP: Advani.

(From The Times of India)

AHMEDABAD: Both deputy prime minister L K Advani and BJP president Venkaiah Naidu made it clear before party workers here on Tuesday that the repurcussions of the results of the assembly elections in Gujarat would be felt far beyond the state's borders.

In fact, they told a 'Sankalp Baithak', attended by nearly 7,000 BJP workers from all over the state, that winning Gujarat would be an "acid test" in the build-up to the 2004 general election.

The meeting was organised on Chief Minister Narendra Modi's completion of a year in office. In fact, Modi and his Gaurav Yatra received a ringing endorsement from the BJP high …