Mamata Banerjee's party TMC MP Saket Gokhale has made a big claim. He says that three BJP MPs are in contact with TMC and soon the strength of BJP in the Lok Sabha will be reduced. BJP has won 240 seats in the Lok Sabha elections 2024. At present, there is a coalition government at the Center with many parties like TDP, JDU. In such a situation, if three of their MPs defect, then problems may arise. Bengal BJP has also reacted to Saket Gokhale's statement and said that such claims are baseless. He said that the state branch of the party is united.
In the Lok Sabha elections, Trinamool Congress has won 29 out of 42 seats in Bengal. While BJP's seats have come down to 12 from last time. In the last election, BJP had got 18 seats. TMC Rajya Sabha MP Saket Gokhale said on Twitter that at present BJP's number in Lok Sabha is 240 and India Alliance's number is 237. Three BJP MPs in West Bengal are in touch with us and soon they will be pleasantly surprised. After this, BJP's number will come down to 237 while the number of India Alliance MPs will increase to 240.
He said that Narendra Modi's alliance is not sustainable. It will not last long. In the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections, BJP missed the majority mark by winning 240 seats, but NDA crossed the majority mark with 293 seats. Congress won 99 seats while India Alliance won 234 seats. After the election, two victorious independent candidates also pledged their support to Congress. Due to which the number of opposition alliance has increased to 236.