The BJP continues to be caught in its own web of internal squabbles ... It is not the four Lok Sabha seats which the BJP is bothered about. The speculation about the Virbhadra Singh Government seeking a fresh mandate, almost a year ahead of the scheduled polls, is worrying the BJP. The Congress appears to be prepared to face both the Lok Sabha and the Assembly polls.  However, ... former Congress leader Sukh Ram has floated his outfit after leaving the Congress.                                                (Source: The Hindustan Times, 9 December, 1997)