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Elated over BJP's good showing in assembly polls, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today expressed confidence that his party would form government in both Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand.
"We will form government in both the states," the senior BJP leader told reporters outside Parliament House on queries over election results.
Early trends of counting of votes show that BJP was leading in more than 20 seats in Jammu and Kashmir and the party is emerging as a clear winner in Jharkhand, leading in more than 35 seats.
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The PDP, headed by Mufti Mohammed Sayeed was leading in 25 seats each. The ruling National Conference was ahead in 16 seats and the Congress in 14 in 87 of the 87 seats for which the trends were available.
JKPC led by Sajjad Lone was ahead in two seats while JKPDF and CPI-M were leading in one seat each while Independents were leading in three seats.
The BJP's spectacular performance, the best in the state so far, was however limited to the Jammu region where 37 seats are up for grabs. The party has not bee able to make any dent in the Valley which has 46 seats in all.
Going by the trends, unless any two of the four major parties--BJP, PDP, NC and Congress--come together government formation would not be possible.
In the last elections, National Conference had won 28, PDP 21, Congress 17 and BJP 11.
In Jharkhand, the BJP was well on the road to forming a government of its own by leading in 38 seats including four of ally AJSU in the 81 member assembly. Ruling JMM is leading in 20 constituencies, Congress 4, JVM (P) 8, RJD 5 and others 5, the trends show.
