Overview
- The NDA was reported leading decisively with about 198 seats to the Mahagathbandhan’s 39, with the BJP at roughly 89 seats.
- Calling the outcome “seriously disappointing,” Shashi Tharoor urged a detailed audit of tactical, messaging and organisational failures across the alliance.
- Tharoor noted Congress was the junior partner to the RJD and said both parties must study the totality of their performance.
- He flagged pre–Model Code of Conduct welfare benefits for women by governments as legal but concerning influences on the contest.
- Senior Congress leader M. M. Hassan publicly criticized Tharoor, questioning his loyalty and saying he should quit the Working Committee before making such remarks.