Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government comfortably won the trust vote in the Lok Sabha on Friday, but senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor attempted to downplay the defeat saying the result was predictable.

Talking to ANI after the Modi government defeated the Opposition's No-Confidence Motion, Tharoor asserted that the process was a success as it brought the "failures of the BJP" before the nation.