PM Modi will break all records and NDA will retain power: CM

BSS President Shinde rubbishes the results of a recent survey that indicate a slight fall in the number of seats for the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections

First India Bureau

Thane: Chief Minister

Eknath Shinde on Friday expressed confidence that Prime Minister Narendra Modi “will break all records” and that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would retain power with a thumping majority in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Shinde interacted with the press after attending the live screening of ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’ event addressed by PM Modi.

Replying to a question on the results of a recent political survey on next Lok Sabha polls, he said, “In the next general elections, PM Modi will break all records and the NDA will return to power with a thumping majority.”

According to a survey by leading media house India Today, if the elections are held today, the Bharatiya Janata Party is likely to win 284 seats, Congress 68 and others 191 seats. While still a decent majority, this would be a slight drop in numbers for the BJP, which walked away with 303 seats in the last election.

Cm Shinde Pays Tribute To Mentor

Anand Dighe On Birth Anniversary

Thane (PTI): Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday paid tribute to his mentor late Anand Dighe on the latter’s birth anniversary. Shinde visited Shakti Sthal, Dighe’s memorial here, as well as Anand Math, the office from where the latter ran the party in this region for many years. Thane Lok Sabha MP Rajan Vichare, who is with the Uddhav Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena, also visited the memorial and paid tribute. Meanwhile, Shinde’s aide and Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena Spokesperson Naresh Mhaske asked why Thackeray did not visit the memorial when he was in Thane on Thursday. Was it because the memorial was built by Shinde, the BSS leader asked.

However, Shinde did not seem convinced. The survey was conducted on just a handful of people and does not give a true picture, he said.

“They ignored the results of the recentlyconcluded gram panchayat elections, where the Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena (Shinde-led faction) and the