BJP may need allies for a majority in Lok Sabha polls 2019, says Ram Madhav

The conservative forecast by Ram Madhav is far below what other party leaders including finance minister Arun Jaitley and party president Amit Shah have publicly claimed

A senior leader of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party forecasts it may fall just short of a clean majority, the first time the prospect of a coalition has been raised in the final two weeks of India’s marathon election campaign.

The conservative forecast by Ram Madhav, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s national general secretary, is just short of a clear majority in the 543-seat parliament, and is far below what other party leaders including finance minister Arun Jaitley and party president Amit Shah have publicly claimed.

"If we get 271 seats on our own, we will be very happy," Madhav