Congress leader Shashi Tharoor claimed on Friday that it will be impossible for the BJP to replicate its 2019 electoral triumph in 2024. He said that it is conceivable that BJP can lose 50 seats in the Lok Sabha. The BJP won 303 seats out of 543 in the 2019 elections.
Entirely possible for BJP to lose majority in 2024, says Shashi Tharoor
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It will be "impossible" for the BJP to replicate its 2019 electoral triumph in 2024, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor claimed on Friday, and added that it is "conceivable" that the ruling party can lose "50 seats" in the Lok Sabha.
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The Thiruvananthapuram MP, who was speaking at the Kerala Literature Festival, said while he concedes the BJP's dominance, it is also a fact that they have lost many states and them losing the central government is not impossible.
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The BJP won 303 seats out of 543 in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections while the Congress only managed 52.
Billed as one of Asia's biggest literature meets, the Kerala Literature Festival is hosting an eclectic mix of literary and culture icons ranging from Nobel laureates, Booker Prize-winning writers, senior politicians to historians, film personalities, diplomats and artists.
