“Difficult for BJP to cross even 200 seats”; Congress chief Pratibha Singh

As the seventh and last phase of voting for 2024 Lok Sabha elections began on Saturday June 1 Himachal Pradesh Congress President Pratibha Singh remarkably said it is difficult for BJP to cross even 200 seats out of 543One a partyalliance has to get 272 minimum seats in the 543member Lok Sabha to call it a majorityI am hopeful that people in large numbers are going to vote for the Congress party as they want change in the central government It is difficult for them BJP to cross even 200 seats Pratibha Singh told ANIVikramaditya Singh Pratibha Singhrsquos son and the Congress candidate from the Mandi Lok Sabha seat has been fielded against actorpolitician Kangana Ranaut from BJPOn the eve of India General Elections 2024 Phase 7 Pratibha Singh and her son Vikramaditya Singh offered their prayers at Shani Mandir in Rampur before casting their votesVikramaditya questions about Kangana Ranautrsquos absence amid the natural calamity that hit Mandi in talks with ANIWhile talking to ANI Vikramaditya said I want to ask Kangana Ranaut that when Mandi was affected by a natural calamity and there was a loss of crores of rupees it was Mandi MP Pratibha Singh who met the people there and carried out an inspectionDid Kangana Ranaut come to meet the people in MandiMeanwhile Kangana Ranaut declared that there is a full Modi wave in Himachal Pradesh expressing confidence in the BJP winning all four seatsThere will be a highprofile contest in the Mandi constituency as actor Kangana Ranaut who is entering politics for the first time hopes to unseat the Congress partyldquoWe are soldiers of PM Modi and we will win all four seats in Himachal Pradesh Kangana said excuding confidence in the BJPs 400 paar slogan for the 2024 Lok Sabha electionsRanaut arrived Mandi polling booth on Saturday to cast her vote in the Lok Sabha elections seventh roundKangana made an appeal to everyone to use their right to vote in this celebration of democracy urging them to do so ldquoThere has been so much bloodshed so that we can exercise this rightrdquo she saidIn a strong response to opposition criticizing PM Modi for performing meditation in Kanyakumari Kangana said Meditation is not new for the Prime Minister Even when he was not a politician he used to meditate Now these people have a problem with that tooSince the Mandi constituency is seen as a stronghold of the Virbhadra family it is symbolic for the CongressWith two big names entering the race for the 2024 Lok Sabha election Congress has announced Himachal Pradesh Minister and Virbhadra Singhs son Vikramaditya Singh as the partys candidate for the seatPratibha Devi Singh the late CM Virbhadra Singhrsquos widow is currently holding the seat in Mandi constituency She wrested for the Congress in the byelection held following the demise of thenBJP MP Swaroop SharmaIn addition to polling in six assembly seats in the state the four Lok Sabha constituencies of Himachal PradeshmdashKangra Mandi Hamirpur and Shimlamdashare voting in the seventh and final phase of the elections todayThere are 904 candidates are competing in the last round of voting Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP Ravi Shankar Prasad and Ravneet Singh Bittu Nishikant Dubey leaders of the Congress Charanjit Singh Channi Manish Tewari leader of the Shiromani Akali Dal SAD Harsimrat Kaur Badal and leader of the Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD Misa Bharti are among the prominent candidates in this last phase of the election