I expect BJP to cross the 180-seat mark in 2014 polls: Modi

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that he expected his party to cross the 180-seat mark in the ongoing general elections. Modi told Smita Prakash, Editor (News) Asian News International (ANI), in an exclusive interview held in Gandhinagar that he has already addressed over 360 rallies across the length and breadth of the country, and added that this figure could cross to over 1000. He said the holding of elections every five years is a way of educating those wanting to enter India's Parliament, and added that it is important for leaders and workers or, activists of all political parties, to reach out to the general public in right earnest. He categorically predicted that the 2014 polls would be the worst the Congress Party's history, given its performance of the past ten years, and was quite emphatic in stating that these elections would be the best performance of the NDA and the BJP.