Final Lok Sabha Polls Phase: BJP Faces Tough Electoral Battle
Deccan ChronicleNew Delhi : As the final act of a long, rancorous and incendiary campaign for the Lok Sabha polls concluded, the saffron slogan “ Ab ki bar 400 paar ” could possibly be eluding the BJP-led NDA. While a section of BJP leaders fear that the party could lose at least 10-15 Lok Sabha seats in UP, others maintained it would “yet again decimate the Opposition and bag nearly 70 seats in the state”. While BJP leaders claimed the party would improve its tally by winning at least 22 Lok Sabha berths, the TMC was confident of reducing BJP to a “single digit”. The BJP is not only confident of increasing its tally but some leaders claim it “will win at least 19 Lok Sabha seats”. Of the 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab, the BJP is “struggling hard” to retain its two Lok Sabha berths, which the party won in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.