Jammu, Oct. 9 -- Bharatiya Janata Party National General Secretary Tarun Chugh on Thursday said the BJP is fully prepared to contest the upcoming Rajya Sabha and by-elections in Jammu and Kashmir with full strength, reaffirming that the party's foundation lies in hard work and ideology, not family politics.

Speaking to reporters after the BJP's core committee meeting in Jammu, Chugh said that elections are the true strength of democracy and every poll further strengthens it. "In democracy, elections are like a force. Every election strengthens democracy because it has the support of the people," he said.

He added that the BJP treats every election whether bypolls or parliamentary contests with equal seriousness. "If there are Rajya Sabh...