The results of the Lok Sabha elections have come in which the BJP-led NDA alliance has got a majority with 293 seats. India Block, an alliance of opposition parties including Congress, has got 234 seats. Under the leadership of Modi, BJP, like the last two times, failed to get a majority alone this time and could only get 240 seats. A lot of reactions are coming from Pakistan regarding the performance of NDA. Pakistani diplomats and journalists are expressing their happiness over the reduction in BJP seats and the excellent performance of opposition parties including Congress.
Pakistan congratulates PM Modi on the alliance of BJP and NDA
Former Pakistani diplomat Abdul Basit, who has been the High Commissioner to India, has written on the social media site X, ‘The people of India deserve appreciation for rejecting communal bigotry and BJP’s Hindu Rashtra.’
Electoral defeat of BJP’s proxies in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir, from Srinagar to Kargil, conveyed beyond any doubt how resolved Kashmiris are to continue struggling for their right to self determination. Hats off to them
— Abdul Basit (@abasitpak1) June 5, 2024
Fawad Chaudhary, who was the Information Minister in the previous Imran Khan government of Pakistan, is also continuously commenting on the Lok Sabha results. In a tweet, he has said, ‘I claim that Modi will become the Prime Minister but there is no possibility of his government completing its five-year term. If the India alliance plays its cards right, mid-term elections will have to be held in India.’
Pakistani journalist Sabir Shakir shared a picture of the front page of Pakistan’s leading newspaper Dawn and wrote on Twitter, ‘The supremacy of the Constitution and democracy defeated power and hatred. Lessons should be learnt.’
آئین کی بالادستی اور جمہوریت نے طاقت اور نفرت کو شکست دی ، سبق سیکھنا چاہئیے pic.twitter.com/8Bc4i3v7VA
— Sabir Shakir (@ARYSabirShakir) June 5, 2024
In the picture shared by the Pakistani journalist, the front page of the newspaper reads, ‘India defeated hatred, Modi at the mercy of Muslim-friendly allies.’
Omar R Qureshi, who was the media advisor to former Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, retweeted a tweet and wrote, ‘Indian Muslims were belittled by Bharatiya Janata Party leaders, BJP leaders called Indian Muslims terrorists, BJP leaders called Indian Muslims infiltrators, Bharatiya Janata Party leaders asked Indian Muslims to go to Pakistan, BJP prevents Indian Muslims from exercising their right to marry, BJP prevents Muslims from exercising their right to study and wear clothes as they wish, Indian Muslims are killed because of their food habits. That is why they did not vote for BJP.’
The tweet which Qureshi has retweeted reads, ‘Important lesson learnt from this election…No matter how much you do for them, Muslims will not vote for you.’