vajpayee and advani will lead the singing of the entire vande mataram when the national executive beginsvajpayee and advani will lead the singing of the entire vande mataram when the national executive beginsvajpayee and advani will lead the singing of the entire vande mataram when the national executive beginsnew delhi the bharatiya janata partys top brass is converging at dehra dun on thursday to chalk out strategy for the assembly polls in four states including uttar pradesh even as the party seems to be losing ground in jharkhandthe threeday national executive is being held at a time when the main opposition party has failed to come out of its internal turmoil and its pet ideological issues including ayodhya appeared to have lost steamthe controversy over vande mataram has come in handy for the saffron party ahead of the meet to focus once again on its core hindutva campaign amid expectations in the party that the row over the national song would help it galvanise its ideological constituencyparty stalwarts ab vajpayee lk advani and rajnath singh will lead the singing of the entire vande mataram which includes portions opposed seven decades ago by the muslim league before the start of the bjps officebearers meeting on thursday morning party sources revealedthe assembly polls especially in up are crucial for bjp and its president rajnath singh who hails from the state in an attempt to build bridges with the sangh parivar and reestablish itself as a party espousing the hindutva cause the party also aims to send out a nationalist message ahead of the electionsthe vande mataram row has in fact given a common cause to bjp and rss whose ties have strained over the past few years over ideological issuesthe opposition to vande mataram has put both the congress and the samajwadi party in the dock the concept of nation evokes powerful sentiments and it can yield electoral benefits for bjp a party leader saidthe bjp has named the venue where the national executive is scheduled to begin on thursday as the vande mataram halladvani who had to quit as bjp president in the wake of his comments on pakistan founder mohammad ali jinnah appeared alongside rss chief ks sudarshan last month in a move seen as a sign of his reconciliation with the sangh leadershipanother theme the saffron party would utilise to emphasise on its nationalist plank is the issue of national securitythe executive will adopt a resolution on security voicing concern over the rise in terrorism in jammu and kashmir naxalism in several states and insurgency in the north eastsome defence experts are expected to enlighten the top leadership of the dangers internal and external on security frontwhile the address of the party president on the opening day will cover the entire political scenario the party has no plans to adopt a separate resolution on the political situationanother step to take on the congressled coalition at the centre would be the resolution on price rise and the bjp meet is