He said if the party wishes to come to power at the Centre, the party will have to win 35 to 40 seats in the state. This target, he said, could be achieved "only if the selection of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls is done very carefully and impartially.
The former chief minister stressed that while he would fulfill any "specific responsibility" assigned to him in the party's interests, he was not angling for any "extra responsibility" beyond his present assignment in the party as its vice-president.
