As the polling day got underway in New Delhi, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was one of the first at his designated polling booth to cast his vote.
The Minister expressed his confidence that the Voters of Delhi would once again support the Modi government and Viksit Bharat. EAM Jaishankar, while showing his inked finger after casting his vote for the sixth phase, highlighted that he was the first male voter in the booth.
“We have just cast our vote and I was the first male voter in this booth. We want people to come out and cast their votes as this is a decisive moment for the country,” he said.
“I believe that the voters in Delhi will once again support Viksit Bharat and the Modi government,” he stressed.
Earlier on Friday, in an interview to ANI Jaishankar said that the BJP would be making huge strides in the southern states while doubling its hold on the northern states.
Trashing Opposition parties’ claim that BJP will be ‘Dakshin mein saaf aur uttar mein half’ (rout in the south, and half in the north), Jaishankar said that the Modi government will return to power with an even bigger majority.
“I think from our point of view…for us, it (BJP) would be dakshin mein double (twice in the south), and for the Opposition, I would say uttar mein even more trouble,” he stated.
On being asked about BJP’s ‘400 paar’ slogan, Jaishankar acknowledged that this is an ‘ambitious target’ but said that the number has not been floated just like that, and there is a huge calculation behind it.
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