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BJP’S TARGET 400

OPPN MOUNTS

CHALLENGE

Congress-led INDIA bloc leaders question the ‘400 paar’ slogan

by the Bharatiya Janata Party for the Lok Sabha elections.

But the main opposition party faces a big challenge of keeping its flock together

OUR BUREAU Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, party leader Rahul Gandhi, Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) Chief Farooq Abdullah,
New Delhi Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and others hold hands during the ‘Loktantra Bachao’ Maharally in New Delhi (ANI)
s the elections near, the war
of words between the BJP- Lok Sabha elections, saying that the election, the slogan was ‘45 paar’, but they registered a victory on 353 seats.
Aled NDA and Congress-led results for the ruling party have been secured 8 seats. In the 2021 Tamil However, the Congress and
INDIA bloc is getting hotter. Bot proven to be the “exact opposite” Nadu assembly election, the slogan other parties of the Opposition bloc
the alliances are trying to corner what it set in the past polls. The Con- was ‘118 paar’ and secured seat 4. INDIA have alleged that the ruling
the other on various issues. While gress leader took a jibe at the BJP It is easy to give the slogan of ‘paar, party wants to achieve a 2:3 majority
the Prime Minister Narendra Modi which aims to win more than 400 paar’, however, the reality is the ex- in the lower house of Parliament as
leads his campaign with the slogan of seats (out of total 543) in the Lok act opposite,” Jairam Ramesh said. it intends to change the Constitution.
“Abki baar 400 paar”, the opposition Sabha elections by the NDA, a feat The BJP, under the leadership Jairam Ramesh, while speak-
is challenging this narrative of the achieved only once in India’s history of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, ing about the Congress’ plan for the
BJP-led alliance getting more than - by the Congress under Rajiv Gand- has set itself the task of securing 400- ensuing general elections, said, “We
400 seats. hi in 1984 and said that it is easy to plus seats for the NDA and 370 on have begun a house-to-house guar-
The election for 543 Lok Sabha set a goal and give a slogan. its own. In 2019, the Narendra Mo- antee programme. We are distribut-
seats will be held in seven phases “In the 2017 Gujarat election, di-led BJP set itself a goal of 300-plus ing 8 crore guarantee cards to houses.
starting April 19. Nearly 97 crore BJP’s slogan was ‘150 paar’, seats seats -- “Ab ki baar, 300 paar”. Five Rahul Gandhi is campaigning and so
voters are eligible to cast votes in the secured 99. In the 2018 Chhattisgarh years later, it has ramped up the tar- is Priyanka Gandhi...Mainly, we have
general election. The counting of the election, the slogan was ‘50 paar’, get and gave a slogan of “Ab ki baar three super-star campaigners, Con-
votes will be held on June 4. and the seats secured were 15...In the 400 paar”. gress national president Mallikarjun
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh 2019 Jharkhand assembly election, In the 2019 general elections, the Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka
has mocked the ‘400 paar’ slogan by the slogan was ‘65 paar’ but BJP got party captured 303 Lok Sabha seats Gandhi Vadra are campaigning in
the Bharatiya Janata Party for the 25 seats. In the 2020 Delhi assembly on its own and along with its allies, Continued on next page... >>

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