Senior Congress leader and Union Human Resources Development (HRD) Minister Dr Shahi Thaoor on Thursday dared BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi to get a single lok Sabha seat from Kerala in the ensuring 2014 general elections.
Tharoor categorically dismissed the prospect of BJP in southern India in the upcoming polls despite the Narendra Modi’s focus in the area.
“I personally believe that Modi of BJP would not be capable of getting a single seat from my State Kerala,” Tharoor told querying newsmen here after his meeting with the Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
“I am a Member of Parliament from south and it would be very interesting to see whether Narerndra Modi would get any seat form southern States, particularly from Kerala,” he said.
Tharoor said that he had a “political discussion” on the current environment in the national politics. However, he refused to divulge the contents of discussions in the guise of “personal conversation”.