The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) claim of ‘400 paar’ is a joke, ‘300 paar’ is impossible and even ‘200 paar’ may be a challenge for it in the Lok Sabha polls, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said, asserting that it is a ‘foregone conclusion’ the ruling party would lose its majority in the Lower House…
Tharoor, who was locked in a three-way contest with Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar of the BJP and P. Raveendran of the Communist Party of India (CPI) in Thiruvananthapuram where polling took place on April 26, said he is looking at a ‘very comfortable win’…
If he emerges victorious, it will be a fourth consecutive win for the author-politician from Thiruvananthapuram, who is the longest-serving MP from the constituency…
Back in Delhi after a nearly two month high voltage campaign in Thiruvananthapuram, the Congress Working Committee member will now canvass in other parts of the country, being a sought after campaigner due to his oratory skills and celebrity status…
Asked how many seats the Congress and the INDIA would get in the polls, Mr. Tharoor said in a lighter vein that he does not predict scores even as a cricket fan but only predicts victories…
‘In Haryana, the Congress won no seats and the [opinion] polls are indicating five-seven seats for us this time. In Karnataka, we won one seat and this time polls are ranging from 10-17, some are even saying 20’, he said…
In all the States that the BJP did so well, they are losing some seats even in a conservative analysis, he said…