The ambitious goal set by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is to win 370 seats in the Lok Sabha by 2024, which is 67 seats more than they did in 2019. This will enable it to surpass the 400 mark, another ambitious goal for its National Democratic Alliance (NDA). The BJP has won 282 and 303 of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha in 2014 and 2019, respectively.
The objective of 370 has been associated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the repeal of Article 370 in the former state of J&K. Not long after seizing power again in August 2019, the Modi administration removed Article 370 of the Constitution, which granted the former state special status.
“370 is not just a number for the BJP,” Modi declared in February, speaking to a gathering of the party’s national office-bearers. It represents a deep emotion. In order to maintain the unity and integrity of our country, Mookerjee offered the ultimate sacrifice for the repeal of Article 370. The BJP ought to win 370 seats as a fitting homage to him.”
Though the NDA is expected to win the polls handily, the figure highlights the BJP’s growing aspirations as well as a cunning goal-setting tactic when the cadre gets complacent. But the party may find it difficult to win 67 more seats.
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The BJP faces a difficult task in trying to win 370 seats, even though most pundits concur that the party is quite likely to return to power. In states where it won all the seats in 2019, it would not only have to make sure that it replicates that success, but also maintain its advantage in states where it won more than half the seats, maximize its gains in areas where it performed below expectations, and secure seats in places where it came up empty.
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The BJP won all or nearly all of the following states: Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Jharkhand, and Chhattisgarh. It can encounter difficulties in Haryana and Rajasthan. It won every award in Rajasthan.
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