I've just run a filter. I've just run a filter.
These are the SC reserved seats.
Now, for the first time in the last 10 years,
the India alliance is leading in the SC reserve seats.
The NDA has about five seats less than that of
the India.
They are actually -18 yeah.
And they're down 18. They're down eighteen from last night.
The SC reserve seats compared to the story that is
coming out is quite clear that there was a great
deal of distress
and the poorest of the poor,
the most marginalized were feeling that.
And somewhere the issues have not been addressed and you
see this and where do you see this most is
in our two poorest states.
Unfortunately, that's where the results have come through.
We have Sanju Verma, Meeta Chakrabarti also with us along
with Ghanshyam Tiwari and Radhika Khera,
who should be joining us in a bit.
Yes, Sanju Verma,
you know, first and foremost I want to tell the
Samajwadi Party and Ghanshyam,
you know, he says how dare the Prime Minister even
think of coming in for a third term because he's
been rejected by the electorate.
I think that is absolutely unfair and I'm not going
to hold back my punches.
54 out of the 59 big and small elections in
the last 10 years,
that is a strike rate of almost
92%, have been won by the BJP unconditionally,
unequivocally under the aegis of Narendra Modi.
Yes. Did we do as well as we expected?
Certainly not. But does this a vote for Rahul Gandhi?
Certainly not. I can tell you that the Congress says
it is the fulcrum of this alliance and an alliance
is only as good as
how strong or weak the fulcrum is.
And as things stand now,
with more than 150 seats,
the victory margin being less than 20,000,
and with still at least 11 to 12 more rounds
to go,
people from within the Kabal on the other side,
if they are jumping up and down and writing off
the BJP and the NDA,
even as you think they're building fewer as you speak.
We've got an update from Rai Bareli.
Rahul Gandhi has a huge lead in Rai Bareli.
Dinesh Pratap Singh has put out a social media post
saying I apologize for hurting anyone.
And he's literally conceded the seat to Raiba to to
Rahul Gandhi.
So that's a big win for Rahul Gandhi from Raiba,
really. But if I, if I may just ask you,
isn't this a message from the Indian voter?
I again, I disagree with Ghanshyam.
I think Mr. Modi will come back for a third
term.
What that government entails, what accommodation he may have to
make.
That's a different debate altogether,
but isn't it? You know,
sometimes its OK to be a little humble in politics
and say,
OK, were listening to the people.
The people have spoken and the people have spoken quite
emphatically.
From 3:03, the BJP is now down to
2:38. There are concerns in UP,
in Bihar, in Rajasthan. The BJPS numbers have come down
quite significantly.
What you attribute that to is again you'll have to
do an analysis whether it is jobs or Samidan,
Badal, dengue, whatever it is,
but ultimately the people of India,
particularly in the Hindi heartland,
Rahul, Shiv Shankar has been making this point since morning.
Its the Hindi heartland which brought you to power and
its the Hindi heartland which is sending you a message
that look,
there are concerns and you need to to listen to
our concerns.
Zaka, that's a very valid point.
That is why even in my introductory comment I did
say but you know the results in terms of what
we were expecting by way of seat tally has certainly
not happened. Am I disappointed?
Of course. And if we are talking about the BJP
stand alone being
well past the 300 mark and here the NDA itself
is contained in and around that
300 number, there are reasons to introspect and to say
otherwise
would reek of overconfidence. My limited points,
Zaka, without being offensive is only this.
Is this a vote for Rahul Gandhi,
which is what the Congress would have you believe?
No. Is this a vote yet again for Narendra Modi
but with a lower mandate?
Certainly yes. Is the BJP and NDA going to come
back to power?
Yes. And if you're going to take the knives out
and say UP has taught a lesson to the BJP,
please also then give us credit for the fact that
in two big states after 25 odd years,
Naveen Patnaik would have been forced to hang his boots
whether it was Pandian who walked in BJP favour or
not.
I'm not going to comment but give us credit for
the fact that we are going to be coming back
with a thumping majority in Orissa.
Give us credit for the fact that the BJP LED
alliance will be forming a government in Andhra Pradesh.
Uttar Pradesh. I agree. We need to introspect what changed
between
2022, when we had a
41.29% vote share and 255 seats,
and now, in less than two years,
what has been the catalyst that has led to a
performance which certainly leaves a lot to be designed.