'400 Paar, But In Another Country': Shashi Tharoor's Swipe At BJP After UK Election Results

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor took a jibe at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday following the Labour Party's landslide win in the UK general elections. Tharoor said that the BJP's slogan "Ab ki baar, 400 paar" finally came true, but in another country. In the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections, BJP leaders had predicted that the party would win over 370 seats, while the NDA would achieve "400 paar”.ALSO READ: PM Modi Congratulates Keir Starmer On Historic Win, Leaves A Word Of Praise For Rishi Sunak As WellIn a post on X, the Congress leader wrote, “Finally “ab ki baar 400 paar” happened — but in another country!”

Finally “ab ki baar 400 paar” happened — but in another country! pic.twitter.com/17CpIp9QRl

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) July 5, 2024

In the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections, the BJP won 240 seats, falling short of a majority. However, the NDA coalition clinched the mandate with 293 seats. The Congress party won 99 seats, while the INDIA bloc stood at 234. After the elections, two Independent MPs pledged their support to the Congress, increasing the INDIA bloc's total to 236 seats.Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh stated that amid the political shift in the UK, it was important to reflect on the political developments that took place in India a month ago. “Amidst the tectonic transition in the UK today, it is worth recalling the political events that unfolded in our own country a month ago,” he wrote.He added, “A self-declared non-biological person did not get elected by his party MPs as their leader, but instead got himself anointed as the leader of an alliance. A circumvention of all parliamentary norms, all in a vain attempt to save face after being hugely diminished and damaged after the elections, and suffering a decisive personal, political and moral defeat.”Keir Starmer was sworn in as the UK's new Prime Minister on Friday as he pledged to rebuild the nation. This came shortly after his Labour Party achieved a landslide victory in the general election, where voters delivered a "sobering verdict" to the Rishi Sunak-led Conservatives. Labour won 412 seats in the 650-member House of Commons, an increase of 211 seats from the 2019 elections. Meanwhile, the Conservatives secured only 121 seats, a drop of 250 from 2019. Labour received a vote share of 33.7 per cent, while the Conservatives had 23.7 per cent.