As trends indicated BJP's triumph till afternoon, Sushma Swaraj on Friday said it is purely a BJP victory as it got a majority of its own but ducked questions on her ministerial berth, saying it is the prerogative of the Prime Minister to form his own Cabinet.
While talking to media persons at her residence, Swaraj said, "This is a pure BJP victory. Although we have the numbers to form the government of our own without any pressures but we will form a government together with our allies."
To a query on her joining the Modi government, she termed them as hypothetical saying such queries were premature. "Such questions are hypothetical. It is the prerogative of the Prime Minister to form his own Cabinet and certain decisions are collectively taken by the Parliamentary Board. Thus such questions are premature," she told reporters when asked about her joining the Cabinet.
There are reports of her being miffed over not being offered a Cabinet berth of her choice and is reported to have told the BJP leadership that she be given a position according to her stature. She is keen to get one of the key four ministries - Home, Defence, External Affairs or Finance.
Notably, Swaraj contested from the Vidisha constituency and on the counting day, she remained in Bhopal at her official bungalow. She wrested her seat by a huge margin of over four lakh votes. Swaraj, a sitting MP, defeated Congress' lakshman Singh.Swaraj secured 7,14,248 votes while lakshman Singh, brother of Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh got 3,03,650 votes.