How Many Seats Will BJP Win In 2024 Lok Sabha Polls? Rahul Gandhi's Big Prediction

Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has made a big prediction about the number of seats that the ruling BJP will win in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Speaking at a press conference alongside Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, the former Congress President claimed that there is a strong undercurrent in favour of the opposition INDIA bloc in the Lok Sabha elections. According to him, the ruling party will be reduced to 150 seats.

In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the BJP had won 303 seats alone, 21 more than what it had won in the 2019 general polls. Most of the surveys have claimed that the saffron party will come to power with a full majority.

"I do not do prediction of seats. 15-20 days ago I was thinking the BJP would win around 180 seats but now I think they will get 150 seats. We are getting reports from every state that we are improving. We have a very strong alliance in Uttar Pradesh and we will perform very well..." ANI quoted the Congress leader as saying.

On asking whether he would contest from Amethi or Raebarelli in the Lok Sabha polls, Gandhi said, "This is the BJP's question; very good. Whatever order I get, I will follow it. In our party, all these (selections of candidates) decisions are taken by the CEC."

Talking about the party's manifesto 'Nyay Patra', he said,"In the last 10 years, PM Modi has reduced the system of employment generation by demonetization, by implementing the wrong GST and by supporting big billionaires like Adani. The first task is to once again strengthen employment, and for that, we have given 23 ideas in our manifesto.

One idea is the revolutionary idea of the right to apprenticeship. We have decided that we will give the right to apprenticeship to all the graduates and diploma holders in Uttar Pradesh. There will be training and we will deposit Rs 1 lakh per year in the bank accounts of the youth and we are giving these rights to crores of youth. We will make a law for paper leaks as well."

The Lok Sabha elections for the 545 seats will be held in seven phases, starting from April 19.