With the rise of temperatures in southern states, the queen of mountains, Kodaikanal in Tamil Nadu, is witnessing a gradual increase in tourist footfall day-by-day as the summer festival kick-started in the region along with the annual flower exhibition.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party will emerge as the single largest party in the southern states including Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Kerala when the results are announced on June 4.
Exuding confidence of the BJP-led NDA winning over 400 seats in Lok Sabha polls, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said the Bharatiya Janata Party will win more seats than Congress in five southern states
"I think what you are seeing in South India is really a very new level of energy and enthusiasm. I could see that in Telangana, where I was, but in other southern states as well. So I think there's a genuine possibility, a serious possibility this time that the BJP would actually pick up
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar exuded confidence in the Bharatiya Janata Party "picking up many more" seats in the southern states in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.
"I think the response is fantastic. People have decided to vote for the UDF. In kerala, all people across community religion and across caste have decided to fully support the INDIA alliance and UDF will get 20 0ut 0f 20 seats here. BJP will not be able to open their account in kerala or in
Tamil Nadu will go to polls for all its 39 parliamentary constituencies on Friday in the first phase of Lok Sabha polls with a triangular contest on the cards in the southern state.
On the upcoming elections, Puducherry BJP President S Selvaganabathy said that the BJP will win a considerable number of seats in South India as the people of the southern state have accepted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which will be proved by the poll result.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party will 'sweep' in Karnataka in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections while exuding confidence in registering a victory on some seats in Kerala as well as in Tamil Nadu.