BJP losing majority a ‘foregone conclusion’, even 200 seats a ‘challenge’: Shashi Tharoor

The BJP losing its majority seems to be a foregone conclusion.

That the BJP is losing its majority is a “foregone conclusion,” according to Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who also claimed that things are “tremendously positive” for the Congress-led opposition INDIA bloc.

“I would say that right now, it looks increasingly likely that the BJP-NDA government will lose its majority. The BJP losing its majority seems to be a foregone conclusion. 190 seats (102 in phase 1 on April 19, 88 on April 26) have voted so far, and what I am picking up from my sources, it is tremendously positive for our side. We are not suggesting that there is an overwhelming wave but there certainly isn't one for the government,” Tharoor told PTI in an exclusive interview.

He further said: “All indications are that this is really an uphill struggle for the BJP and things are not going the government's way.”

The former Union minister also mocked the ruling party's slogan of “400 paar,” calling it a “joke,” and said that going past 300 is “impossible” and even 200 may be a “challenge.”