Lok Sabha Election results 2024: What if Naidu, Nitish ask for the unthinkable from Modi 3.0?

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National Democratic Alliance (NDA) looks set for a third term with 293 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) bagged 240 seats, short of the 272-seat majority. This leaves the saffron party scrambling for support from two of its allies, Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar.

Naidu's Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Kumar's Janata Dal (United) - have won 28 Lok Sabha seats taken together in the results announced on June 4. Follow Live Updates on Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Results HereThus the two leaders, currently with the NDA bloc, are key for Narendra Modi's third term as Prime Minister. Because in case they decide to switch, as they have done in the past, the Lok Sabha numbers may turnaround against the ruling NDA leaving it with seats 265 seats, seven seats short of 272-seat majority mandated for a party or a coalition to come to power in New Delhi.

For now, it seems that both Naidu and Kumar will attend the NDA meeting in New Delhi. What remains to be seen is what will the two leaders seek in return for the support. For obvious reasons, their significance in New Delhi can't be better than they are enjoying right now.

Also Read: Lok Sabha Election result 2024: Pakistan media treads cautiously, flags ‘narrow majority’ of BJP-led NDA's winAmid all the speculation, let's take a look at possible scenarios that the two leaders might ask for.Clearly, Naidu will call shots in the next government. He will certainly seek his pound of flesh. What if he wants Union Home Minister Amit Shah out of Modi 3.0 cabinet.