Lok Sabha elections: Did Prashant Kishor predict BJP's win? 'Unless there is widespread anger or clamour for rivals...'

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NDTV, Kishor said, "I think Modi-led BJP is returning. They may get the same numbers as last election or do slightly better." “Unless there is widespread anger or clamour for the rivals, I do not think a big change will be seen." Further adding, he said, "So far, we have not heard that there is widespread public anger against Modiji. There may be disappointment, unfulfilled aspirations, but we have not heard of widespread anger," he said as quoted by NDTV. Speaking on the INDIA bloc, the political strategist added that the opposition bloc did not take any major action for months after announcing their alliance nor did they announce any prime ministerial candidate.

“No matter how much the Opposition tries, the public perception is that it has no clear, credible face," he said as quoted by NDTV. "We have not heard anything like things will be better if Rahul Gandhi comes. His supporters may say that, but I am talking about a more widespread level. There is an absence of widespread anger against the incumbent or a clamour for somebody who is a challenger.

So I don't think there would be a huge change in numbers," he told the daily. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has exuded confidence that the saffron party will win over 370 seats of the total 543 Lok Sabha seats, and the NDA will clinch over 400 seats. On PM Modi's claim, the strategist in an interview with RTV Andhra Pradesh had said that "BJP can never win 400 seats".

Kishor told RTV Andhra Pradesh that it's all “guesswork and no one knows who will win how many seats". But, "I don't think the NDA and BJP numbers will decline meaningfully," he said. Meaanwhile, Kishor was a poll strategist for BJP in 2014.