'BJP was better than Congress but...': Shashi Tharoor predicts ruling party's 'downward slide' in 2024 Lok Sabha polls

Ahead the Lok Sabha Elections 2024, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor explained where the Congress falls behind the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Speaking at ABP Network's Ideas of India' Summit 3.0, he said on Friday the BJP has been better than the Congress "at the last mile of reaching every voter and knocking on doors, their panna prabhari system, etc."

He said politics is about ideas, policies, and issues on one hand, and delivering them to the electorate in a way that gets out the results. "I agree that in the last couple of elections, the BJP has been better than Congress at the last mile of reaching every voter and knocking on doors, their panna prabhari system, etc. They have also been far better funded," he added.

to not "give up on the Opposition as it could be your next government".

Speaking about the BJP, said it would be difficult for the BJP to repeat its electoral performance of 2019. He said the BJP's performance peaked in 2019, in many states, and there would be only a "downward slide" in the coming elections.

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"The 'complacency' of the BJP is the opposition's strength," Shashi Tharoor was quoted by PTI as saying while on 'Collaborative Federalism: View of the States'.

Meanwhile, BJP MP Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, who was part of the panel, said the target for his party in the

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Tharoor responded by saying, ""They seem to think it is already a done deal and it isn't." He added that there was a great deal of scepticism about whether the BJP would be able to come anywhere close to what it was projecting.

Tharoor further explained why he has doubts about the BJP achieving the 300+ target and said that in the 2019 elections, the BJP did "too well" across the Hindi heartland where it is strong.