<span style="color: #222222;">BJP will favour a coalition government even it gets majority on its own in the Lok Sabha elections. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">This was stated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi while interacting with the party workers of Tamil Nadu through video conferencing on Thursday.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Responding to a question on the alliance, Mr Modi said a strong NDA is an article of faith on BJP. <br />''<br />''He said former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has shown a new culture in Indian politics by successfully running a coalition government with regional parties and gave a voice for regional aspirations. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said  BJP would follow late Vajpayee's path so that the Centre and the states could work together for the growth of the nation as a whole. He said the BJP would keep its doors open for a coalition with cherished old partners also. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He, however, highlighted that a winning alliance is always an alliance with the people than with political parties.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">On defence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said middlemen played a significant role in procurement for armed forces during the previous UPA regime. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He blamed the Congress for not augmenting the capacity of the Indian Air Force while a few of the neighbouring countries kept multiplying their fleet strength.</span><br />