BJP attack on EC sign of loser pre-emptively attacking umpire:

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : May 10 2014 | 8:59 PM IST
With less than a week to go for poll results, Congress today said it is on the path of "scintillating" victory and slammed BJP for its "desperate" attack on Election Commission saying it was sign of a "big loser" preemptively attacking the umpire.
"As far as Congress is concerned, it is going to get a scintillating victory. A Congress-led coalition will form the next government.
"We are not here to speculate. Have patience. We are not contemplating possibility of sitting in the opposition, we are on our path to victory," party spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said today.
His remarks came a day after party General Secretary Ajay Maken said that it is "impossible" for Narendra Modi to become prime minister as he will not have "adequate seats and allies".
It came on a day when Trinamool Congress and BSP snubbed BJP over supporting it in government formation.
Earlier, Finance Minister P Chidambaram had said that Congress has a "very good chance" of forming a government under its leadership with some allies.
Singhvi said as the campaign is closing, it was becoming clear that the BJP's bubbles are bursting rapidly.
"It is clear that Moditis is fast being recognised as exaggerationitis and imaginationitis because BJP is now fast discovering that its estimates and numbers are nothing but gas," Singhvi said.
He claimed that BJP is now finding that "the so-called wave is a chimera" and secular minded parties would not support it. "Where then will this imaginative Mission-272 figure come from is only a question which Shri Mungeri Lal can answer?," Singhvi said taking a dig at BJP.
He further said that due to this the BJP had become frustrated, aggressive, and fearful.
"In Varanasi a party limited by Modi, Modi Limited Party namely the BJP is a victim of its hype. Hence the intemperate and desperate attack on the Election Commission surely, surely the sign of a big loser preemptively attacking the umpire and also by fudging facts," he said.
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First Published: May 10 2014 | 8:59 PM IST

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