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BJP to suffer net loss of seats this polls: Report
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SME Times News Bureau | 16 May, 2019
A new report has claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to
suffer a net loss of seats in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, but will
still emerge as the single largest party.
The Economist
Intelligence Unit (EIU) report expects the BJP to form a coalition
government after the election results are out on May 23 with the support
of the regional parties and incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi will
secure a second term in office.
The EIU expects at least three
regional parties -- the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), the Telangana Rashtra
Samithi (TRS) and the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) -- to back the next
BJP-led government at the Centre.
"The presence of coalition
partners will help prevent the sort of disruptive and poorly considered
policy making that was seen on occasion during the BJP's previous term,"
the report said.
Besides, the coalition partners in the government will prove to be a check on the BJP's right-wing Hindu nationalist instincts.
According
to Shreyans Bhaskar, a research analyst with the EIU, "The need to keep
coalition allies sweet will pressure the next government into raising
public expenditure, which will add to the fiscal strains created by the
government's populist election pledges".
"As the BJP seeks to
keep relations with its coalition partners smooth, the influence of the
BJP's right-wing Hindu affiliates and allies will be diminished in the
next administration," the EIU said.
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