BJP-led NDA will get more seats than predicted by exit polls: Ramdas Athawale

Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Sunday said that the ruling National Democratic Alliance NDA will get more number of Lok Sabha seats than predicted by the exit polls of India General elections 2024 according to the PTIThe news agency reported while addressing a press conference in Mumbai Ramdas Athawale expressed confidence that the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP led NDA will get more than 400 seats in the 543member Lok SabhaOn Saturday exit polls predicted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to retain power for a third straight term with the BJPled NDA expected to win a big majority in the Lok Sabha elections 2024While India TodayAxis My India has forecast 361401 seats for the BJPled alliance and 131166 seats for the opposition INDIA bloc in the 543member Lok Sabha the ABPC Voter predicted 353383 seats for the ruling alliance and 152182 seats for the INDIA blocTodays Chanakya predicted 335 seats to the BJP and 400 to the NDA with a margin of 15 seats either way It predicted 107 seats to the opposition alliance with a possibility of its tally going up or down by 11 seatsThe BJP had given the slogan of 400 paar for its alliance in the Lok Sabha pollsAthawale said the exit polls have predicted the NDA will win 350 to 375 seats but the BJPled alliance will get more seatsIn Maharashtra the ruling Mahayuti win will 35 to 40 seats out of 48 and in the country the NDA will get more than 400 seats said the Republican Party of India A chief Ramdas Athawale whose party is a constituent of the NDA reported the PTIThe Mahayuti in Maharashtra comprises of the BJP Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and the NCP headed by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit PawarRamdas Athawale said that last year the BJP got more success than what the exit polls predicted in the assembly elections to Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh and ChhattisgarhNow the exit polls have given the NDA 375 but the ruling alliance will cross 400 seats he said the PTI reported on SundayRamdas Athawale said the Congressled opposition tried to create confusion among Dalits by saying the Constitution will be changed but the NDA has been able to clear the air among peopleThis mischievous campaign of the Congress and its allies was countered well and hence Dalits Bahujans Buddhists and the followers of Babasaheb Ambedkar supported the ruling alliance he claimedPM Modi addressed 18 rallies Maharashtra and informed the people about the work of his government Athawale said and expressed confidence that the ruling alliance in the state will win 35 to 40 seatsIn Maharashtra there is a neckandneck fight between the ruling and opposition alliances but the Mahayuti will win the Union minister saidThe RPI A activists supported the Mahayuti candidates and campaigned wholeheartedly he addedwith PTI inputs