Congress asks Modi resign after India Elections 2024 results
New Delhi: The Indian Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh has said Prime Minister Modi must take the moral responsibility for the BJP’s potential loss of seats in the 2024 polls.
According to Kashmir Media Service, in a strong reaction to surprising Lok Sabha election results, the Congress on Tuesday demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reaction.
In a post on X, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh wrote that the better-than-expected performance of the INDIA bloc was a sign that it was the time for Narendra Modi to become former prime minister.
The Congress general secretary said PM Modi must take the moral responsibility for the BJP’s potential loss of seats and resign his post.
“He used to pretend that he was extraordinary. Now it has been proved that the outgoing Prime Minister is going to become former. Take moral responsibility and resign. This is the message of this election,” Jairam Ramesh posted on X.
Per the Election Commission of India’s data, BJP was ahead in 236 seats. The majority mark in the Lok Sabha is 272.
Congress was leading in 99 seats, Samajwadi Party in 37 seats and the Trinamool Congress in 31 seats.
Per the EC data and TV reports, the INDIA bloc is expected to win over 200 seats. PM Modi, after trailing for a while, is leading in Varanasi.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is eyeing a third straight term in power. The party had set an ambitious target of 400 Lok Sabha seats ahead of the polls.
The exit polls espoused an optimistic outlook to BJP’s chances of achieving its seats goal.
