India’s Ruling Party to Get Majority With Allies, Leader Says
- ‘If we get 271 seats on our own,’ BJP will be happy: Madhav
- ‘Credible action’ by Pakistan could lead to talks with India
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A senior leader of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party forecasts it will require the support of allies to form India’s next government, the first time the prospect of a coalition has been raised as the country heads into the final two weeks of its marathon election campaign.
The conservative prediction by Ram Madhav, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s national general secretary, is just short of a clear majority in the 543-seat parliament, and is far below what other party leaders including finance minister Arun Jaitley and party president Amit Shah have publicly claimed.