
Rajasthan’s arithmetic : In his final address to the 17th Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi set a target for BJP to win over 370 seats and over 400 for the NDA. His speeches now aim for crossing the 400-seat mark, echoing the previous Congress win of 414 seats in 1984. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP contested on 435 seats and won 303.