'I still expect BJP to emerge as single-largest party, but..': Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on upcoming Lok Sabha polls

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Also Read: ‘Greed, fear’: Congress reacts as Milind Deora is set to join BJP ally in Maharashtra The diplomat-turned-politician, Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said that the Congress and the opposition parties would be working on the same strategy for the next Lok Sabha elections set to take place this year. "I still expect that the BJP will emerge as the single-largest party.

But I do believe their numbers can be brought down to a level where their potential allies required to form a government may no longer be willing to ally with them and may be willing to ally with us. So we have to give it a try," the former Union minister said in a session, ‘India: The Future is Now’ at the Kerala Literature Festival (KLF) on Saturday.

Also Read: K'taka BJP MP sparks controversy: ‘Indira, Sanjay Gandhi died due to cow slaughter, Bhatkal Mosque will also be…' Referring to the INDIA bloc, Tharoor said that India is a diverse country and he is perfectly prepared to live with the situation where they don't have a "100 percent agreement in 100 percent of the states". While talking about the INDIA bloc, Shashi Tharoor said that he only hopes to have "sufficient agreements" in as many states as possible so that "preventable defeats" can be avoided.

Also Read: Tamil Nadu BJP chief Annamalai booked for promoting religious enmity after altercation with Christian youth Explaining the seat-sharing agreement of the party, Shashi Tharoor said that the agreement among all the opposition parties can vary from state to state. In some states there can be one single candidate representing all the opposition parties against the BJP, whereas, in other states, there might be two or three candidates, in which case "the voter has to choose the person they