With 293 seats in India, the NDA got the mandate in the polls that ended last month, while the BJP managed to win 240 seats but was still short of a majority.
Senior Congressman Shashi Tharoor mocked the BJP on Friday following the Labour Party’s resounding win in the UK general elections, stating that “ab ki baar, 400 paar” had finally occurred, albeit in a different nation.
Prior to the Lok Sabha elections, leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had forecast that the party would secure over 370 seats, while the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would secure only “400 paar.”
With 293 seats, the NDA got the mandate in the polls that ended last month, while the BJP managed to win 240 seats but was still short of a majority. The Congress acquired just 99 seats, while the India bloc got 234 seats. Following the polls, two Independent MPs plighted aid to the Congress, taking the INDIA bloc’s count to 236.
“Ultimately, ‘ab ki baar 400 paar’ befell—but in a different country,” Tharoor said in a post on X. Jairam Ramesh, general secretary of the Congress, stated that in light of the massive change happening in the UK, it was pertinent to reflect on the political developments that unfolded in India one month prior.
An individual who identified as non-biological was anointed as the leader of an alliance rather than being elected as the party’s MP. a willful attempt to maintain face after being severely injured and weakened during the elections and experiencing a clear-cut loss on the political, moral, and personal fronts, Ramesh added, circumventing all legislative rules.
Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh talks about the outcome of the UK poll, jibing the BJP.
Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh said that in the midst of the dramatic shifts that have occurred in the UK as a result of the election results, it is important to remember the political developments that took place in India a month prior. According to PTI, the Congress General Secretary said, “A self-declared non-biological person got himself anointed as the leader of an alliance instead of getting elected by his party MPs as their leader.
evasion of all parliamentary norms, all in a futile attempt to preserve his face after suffering a decisive personal, political, and moral defeat and being greatly diminished and degraded after the elections, he continued. Hours after the Labour Party won the UK election with a resounding victory, Keir Starmer took office as the nation’s new prime minister and promised to rebuild Britain.
Keir Starmer took office as prime minister of the United Kingdom on Friday, promising to rebuild the country just hours after his Labour Party won a resounding victory in a general election in which the weary electorate handed the Rishi Sunak-led Conservatives a “sobering verdict.”
In the 650-member House of Commons, the Labour Party gained 412 seats, an increase of 211 from the 2019 elections. Only 121 seats were gained by Sunak’s Conservatives, down 250 from 2019. The Conservatives received 23.7% of the vote, compared to 33.7% for Labour.
2024 UK Elections
Following 14 years of frequently turbulent Conservative rule, Labour stormed to a majority victory in the British parliamentary election, ushering in Keir Starmer as prime minister. In the House of Commons, 412 of the 650 seats in parliament were gained by Starmer’s party. It received a total of 33.7% of the vote. In the meantime, the Conservatives, led by Rishi Sunak, secured 121 seats, accounting for 23.7% of the total vote share.
