BJP 240 and Congress ONLY 99 (for the Congress party, this is the third worst defeat/performance since 1952) and they could not even touch the 100 mark.

Pre-poll National Democratic Alliance (NDA), gets clear majority. The BJP-led NDA all set to form government at the Centre, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Tuesday evening. He was addressing party leaders and workers at the party headquarters in New Delhi.

BJP spokesperson Shezad Poonawalla, in an open letter to BJP Supporters and “Modi Ka Parivar” (family of Modi) has shared his emotions and thoughts on the victory of BJP led NDA in the Parliamentary election has observed that he understands the disappointment ( over BJP not getting a clear majority) and said: “It is akin to the student who wants 100% but gets 90% and feels sad despite topping the university exams”.

Poonawalla’s letter is viral on social media.

Further, he has pointed out that BJP in the worst case scenario, just the BJP- are at 240 & Congress is only 99.

Poonwalla has said in his letter – This is the third time the Congress hasn’t crossed 100 seats. The BJP alone by itself is more than the dotted INDI alliance (234). Our worst is twice their best performance.

The NDA at 291 and counting is comfortably poised to form its government yet again (3rd time) under leadership of PM narendra modi ji
The BJP has also added and increased its vote share in 2024 as compared to 2019. Clearly this is a vote for pro-incumbency and not anti-incumbency.

The BJP roared in Odisha & Arunachal. We are forming governments there. Odisha victory in State Assembly is historic & so is the sweep in Loksabha in Odisha. Returning to power in Arunachal is historic.

Opening our account in Kerala despite the demographic situation is historic.

We grew substantially in Telangana. We have expanded in Tamil Nadu & were second place in 11 seats.

NDA has dominated in Andhra too. We will have a state government there.

We achieved all this despite the fact that the dotted INDI alliance played the most sinister divisive caste card to splinter Hindus & heavily polarised the other side using “vote jihad” card.

Yes- we will feel that disappointment. We will introspect even in our victory even as Congress gloats in defeat.

Yes it might hurt a bit. But there are two ways of looking at this.

One: We can let this burden of not reaching our own high expectations to weigh us down & give up. We surrender to their agenda to divide & balkanise us. We bend before their fake narratives to break Hindu society and Bharat.

Or

Two: We let this pain be a reminder of how we need to be more united than ever before & not allow them to divide us in caste lines. We need this day to be a reminder for all of us – to work harder for the next 1826 days (5 years). We don’t start tomorrow. We start today. We start now. We go harder and stronger against their plan to divide. We arise and awaken. We never surrender. We UNITE. We don’t leave anything to chance. We go to every house. We go to every street. We dominate every platform. We go to every individual.

We must unmask their plan to divide Hindus & unite the votebank. Today is not the day to stop. It is the day to renew our Sankalp.

I say this as a Bharatiya Muslim as much as I say it as a foot soldier of BJP. I can see them divide Hindus. Don’t..Don’t let them divide on castes. Don’t let them prevail.

Arise awake and stop not till the goal is reached.

Be unapologetic

Newsroom24x7 adds: The so-called INDI alliance will break over time. BJP has to do some mid-course correction on its welfare/employment schemes, work with Dalits, maybe bring BSP into NDA, re-calibrate or format Agniveer, and address the farm issues. For the Congress, which diabolically tried to polarise voters on caste, religious lines and between the rich and the poor, there is nothing to write home about. It could not cross the double digit figure and the sum total of its seats tally in last 3 elections won’t total to BJP’s tally in each of the three elections since 2014.

Lalit Shastri adds: The impact of illegal migrants, particularly Bangladeshis and Rohingyas, and their rapidly increasing population, combined with the proliferation of Islamists from Madrasas, significantly exacerbates the unemployment problem in India. Additionally, the adoption of the Hugo Chavez economic model during the UPA 1 and 2 regimes has had lasting negative effects on the nation’s economy, contributing to stagnation and hindering growth. This has made building economic infrastructure a formidable challenge.

Furthermore, the Congress party’s corruption of the Human Resource development sector, particularly in higher and specialized education, has caused severe damage. A prime example is the Medical Council of India, which had to be disbanded by Modi’s administration due to its extreme corruption under successive Congress governments, especially during the extended Manmohan Singh regime. These issues cannot be ignored or dismissed; a decade is insufficient to rectify the damage.

There is also skepticism regarding the reliability of unemployment statistics and their sources. In a country like India, where the unorganized and tertiary sectors are predominant, and many political operatives thrive by aligning with their political leaders, the accuracy of these statistics is questionable. Despite widespread corruption in the bureaucracy, there is hope and optimism as changes are occurring under Modi’s leadership, setting the stage for reform. In his victory speech as the last of the results were being announced on Tuesday, Modi assured the nation that Bharat will continue to move on the path of development and progress under the NDA regime.

Further, one could refer to a 2014 article titled: Two isms of politics eating into the vitals of economic growth in India.