In each of the following questions, a sentence is given with certain words in bold. Choose the pairs of such words which need to be interchanged so as to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful.

Unable to (A) desperate himself to the failure to (B) wrest Karnataka from the (C) strongman of the Congress in last year’s Assembly election, the BJP (D) grip is adopting (E) reconcile measures to get another shot at becoming Chief Minister.