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BJP will cross 300+: Shah

Pratidin Bureau

The BJP president Amit Shah on Wednesday, almost on the fagend of the grueling month and half long campaigning, announced that his partywould alone get more than 300 seats.

Addressing a press conference, he said NDA under PrimeMinister Narendra Modi would form the government.

Taking a swipe at opposition parties over their proposedmeeting, saying they may meet to elect a leader of opposition.

" I am fully confident that the BJP after fifth andsixth phase of the elections has crossed the majority figure. It is going tocross 300 after the seventh phase and the NDA under Prime Minister NarendraModi will form the government again," he told a press conference.

Mocking the proposed meeting of opposition leaders and themove by some regional parties like TRS to form a federal front, Mr Shah saidsuch meetings do not affect the BJP whose seats, he added, are not going tocome down.

They may meet to elect a leader of opposition, he said,adding that results even this time may not give any party enough number of seatsto elect a leader of opposition from its ranks.

In 2014 election, the Congress, the main opposition party,had won only 44 seats in 2014, less than the minimum 10 per cent of seats aparty needs to win to claim the post of the leader of opposition in the LoKSabha.

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