New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- As preparations for the upcoming assembly polls in five states are gaining momentum, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) cadre is having to pull out all the stops for local body elections in Telangana and the newly reconstituted Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA), people aware of the details said. Senior BJP leaders said that although the party has long contested every election from "panchayat to Parliament" with the same zeal, a recent instruction from the party high command has reiterated the message to redouble efforts for winning local body elections, which pave the way for success in assembly contests. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently (while addressing the NDA parliamentary party meeting on February 3) emphasised...