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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday said his party would welcome the support of anyone in the national interest, even as most exit polls give a majority to the NDA led by it.
"Actual results of election will be giving more seats than what exit polls are predicting and, therefore, we will get an absolute majority, but still all parties which want to support the NDA from the development viewpoint or national interest, are all welcome," said Javadekar.
"Every party who wants to help NDA in the national interest, they are invited. After ten years, the BJP is coming back with a bang. We will win with a maximum majority," he added.
After voting ended for India's nine-phase general election on Monday, exit polls showed the BJP and its allies would touch the half-way mark in the 543-member in Lok Sabha of the parliament. Most of the exit polls showed the UPA, getting between 101 and 148 seats.
The BJP's biggest gains are in Uttar Pradesh where at least two surveys have predicted the party to win 54 seats. Similarly in Bihar, the exit poll results dismissed any chance of the RJD's resurgence, giving a clear lead to the NDA.
The surveys also suggested the BJP winning more seats than the Congress in Odisha, where Naveen Patnaik's BJD has been projected to win a majority of the seats.
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