BJP will win more seats in 2019 than they did in 2014: Amit Shah
BJP President Amit Shah strongly believes that his party will get more seats in the 2019 general elections as compared to the number they won five years earlier.
In an interview with Hindustan Times, Shah said that from 2014, the BJP has been working in the south Indian and northeastern states. “In Odisha, we did well in local elections; in West Bengal, the number of wards under us has increased; we have made gains in Telangana; and in Kerala. We are gaining in every state in the north-east,” Shah said.
Shah also did not rule out the possibility of opposition parties uniting against the BJP in 2019. “If we expand, naturally, we have to fight in every state. In 2014, we had six governments. If we go with 22 governments in 2019, we will have to fight in 22 states,” he said, adding that while it was necessary for an opposition to exist in a democracy, it was not the responsibility of the BJP.
Shah also said that over a period of time, an opposition party would eventually emerge, much like the BJP did when the Congress was in power.
Hailing the performance of the government, the BJP president also added that …read more