Chapter 573: Desperate Parliamentary Seat
With the arrival of the old immortal, everyone quickly quieted down.
Regarding this election, Lao Xian made a speech, which were some speeches within their People’s Party.
The content of the speech was definitely positive, and he expressed gratitude for everyone’s hard work.
Everyone was in high spirits and very excited.
There is no way, they will be in power for three consecutive terms, which is amazing.
Such achievements were only made during Nehru's time.
It is foreseeable that they will gain greater power in the next five years.
Everyone present can benefit more.
At the same time, it can also suppress opponents more.
The Congress Party, for example, has caused them a lot of trouble over the years.
Next, they will not give the Congress Party too many opportunities.
This country will belong to them in the future.
How can one not be excited when one company is the only one in power?
Many times, things don't go as planned.
The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.
The three-day vote counting soon produced results.
On June 4, the final results were announced.
Some are happy and some are sad.
Many senior officials gathered at the People's Party headquarters, but the atmosphere at this moment was completely different from that three days ago.
Everyone's expression was solemn, and some even had anger in their eyes, asking questions unwillingly.
“Why are there only so few seats?”
"It was said that there were more than 400 seats? Now there are only 203 seats?"
"Ken's is wrong somewhere, the statistics are wrong, yes, Ken's is like this."
“We need to check the votes…”
The People's Party only won 203 seats, a number that was far from their expectations.
In the eyes of many people, there must be something wrong here. Either someone is secretly tampering with the data or the statistics are wrong.
After all, this time it was really outrageous.
Not to mention the 370 seats expected previously, they don’t even have a majority now, which means that if the BJP wants to continue to govern, it must unite with its allies.
The seats of allies are needed to get a majority of seats, only in this way can the party become the ruling party.
Although this still allows them to govern, the meaning is completely different.
Before, they were the only dominant player, holding more than half of the seats, and they didn’t need to consider the opinions of other allies at all.
And then, they can no longer ignore the opinions of these allies.
If no benefits are given to them, once these guys join the Congress Party, the BJP may lose its status as the ruling party.
There was a lot of calls for a vote count, and finally the silent old immortal spoke up.
There will be no problem with statistics.
Because Laoxian knows very well that if there is any problem, it will not be their People's Party.
They are so powerful now, it is good that they did not tamper with the vote count. Who else could tamper with their votes? In other words, there is no problem with this result.
This time, their People's Party really suffered a Waterloo.
Only 203 seats, what a despairing number.
You have to know that they got 303 seats in the last election, but this time they got 100 seats less.
Even the old immortal didn't expect such an outcome.
He believes that it will still be very difficult to reach 370 seats this time.
This is just a publicity stunt, and we definitely need to create a strong atmosphere. 370 seats is everyone's goal.
In his opinion, having 350 seats in the end would be very good and achievable, which is more realistic.
But the current situation? It makes the People's Party lose face.
Aren’t all the previous publicity just a slap in the face?
The old immortal's words calmed everyone down a little.
In fact, they also know that there will be no problem with the vote counting.
It was good enough that they did not tamper with the Congress Party. Who could tamper with them secretly? It was really this result and the desperate number of seats that they could not accept.
Even if the number of seats drops drastically, they can accept it as long as they can guarantee a majority.
The current situation means that they cannot get a majority of seats, and the impact that will follow is too great. If things go wrong, there will be huge changes in Indian politics.
"Damn Congress Party," someone cursed.
The Congress Party won 89 seats this time, 37 more than the previous election, making it the second largest party in terms of seats.
Although the number of seats is less than half of that of the People's Party, one party has seen a sharp drop while the other has seen an increase, which shows a trend.
There is still a great sense of danger on the part of the People’s Party.
As for the Congress Party, most of the senior leaders of the BJP originally did not take them seriously.
They feel that the Congress Party has basically no hope.
In the previous two elections, the Congress Party’s presence was too weak because they had too few seats to be worth mentioning.
But who would have thought that the Congress Party seemed to be showing signs of a turnaround.
It has increased this time. If it continues to increase in the next election and our side cannot stop the downward trend, the votes of the two families may be almost the same.
Especially this time the Congress is eligible to become the Leader of Opposition.
The leader of the opposition holds special power and status in India.
Although the Congress Party was the leader of the opposition in the previous two elections, it was just a title.
It can only be said that the Congress Party is the leader and backbone of the opposition.
Although the Congress Party's votes were not as high as those of the BJP, it still ranked second, which was much higher than other opposition parties.
Coupled with the Congress Party’s own background, he naturally became the leader of the opposition.
But this leader is completely different from the opposition leader in the legal sense.
To become leader of the opposition, one must have at least 55 seats in the Federal Parliament.
In the previous two elections, the Congress Party's election results were extremely bleak, with less than 55 seats each time. Naturally, it could not become the leader of the opposition and could not enjoy the power that came with this status.
Now, the Congress Party has 89 seats and can become the leader of the opposition.
The Leader of the Opposition is the leader of the largest opposition party in Parliament and has specific powers and duties conferred by the Constitution and the law.
They are given the same salary and benefits as Cabinet Ministers, making them equivalent to Cabinet Ministers.
In addition to these, there are many other powers.
For example, supervising the government's fiscal expenditure, questioning the government's policies, supervising the executive power, requesting a review of major policies, delaying the legislative process, etc.
With these powers, the ruling party cannot ignore some of the protests raised by the opposition.
Before, the People’s Party didn’t care about the opposition at all. Even if they made any protests, they were just protests with no legal effect and were almost always ignored.
Because the ruling party has the right to ignore these.
But now it is different. The opposition leader has such power and can provide checks and balances.
There are also powers for special circumstances.
The president has the power of advisory appointments. When the president appoints important positions, such as the director of the Central Bureau of Investigation and the director of the Enforcement Bureau, or heads of key special power agencies, the opposition leader is the statutory advisory subject.
These special positions need to be approved by the current government and then appointed by the president.
This is the procedure. Although the Prime Minister holds the real power in India, many things still require the President to make the final announcement.
If the opposition leader objects to these appointments, even the president will have to carefully consider the appointment.
Why were the two BJPs so powerful, using the Enforcement Agency to launch various attacks and leaving the opposition almost powerless to fight back?
Isn’t it because the Congress Party won less than 55 seats in both elections that the opposition leader has no power?
Without this power, it will be even more difficult to check the power of the People's Party.
Now that the Congress has become the leader of the opposition, the power of the BJP will be greatly restricted.
Not to mention, the People's Party does not have a majority of seats, and it has to share a lot of power and benefits with its allies here.
This means that even if the People's Party wins power in this election, its power will be far less than in the previous two elections.
Everyone present has enjoyed the great benefits of being in power, and they don't want to lose their status as the ruling party.
Once lost, a lot of power is lost with it.
Not only will we lose our interests, but the Congress Party will also come to power and will probably go crazy and target us.
After all, they know very well how they have treated the opposition over the years.
You can do it when you are in power, but when others are in power, these things will be retaliated against you a thousandfold.
That would be their nightmare.
“And the People’s Party has 60 seats. How is that possible?”
The People's Party is definitely the dark horse of this election. It only had a few seats in the last election, but it has suddenly skyrocketed to its current level, becoming the third most popular party.
Such a dramatic increase in performance is quite surprising.
You know, they never took the women of the Civilian Party seriously before.
This in itself is discriminatory against women.
Even though people in the political arena call for respecting women, in practice, there are still various forms of discrimination against women.
They simply don't believe that a political party consisting mainly of a few women can achieve anything.
Even though they had Rotun's support behind them, they didn't take it seriously.
In his opinion, even if Kanina and others get a few more seats than the previous election, it will not exceed ten, and it will not have any impact on their People's Party.
But now it is different. They do not have a majority of seats, so they need the support of other allies.
Judging from the situation in the last election, they themselves won 303 seats and their allies won a total of 50 seats.
Logically speaking, the number of seats for the allies this time should be about the same, also around 50.
But the problem is that the number of seats of the People's Party has skyrocketed, occupying many seats of its allies, which means that if the People's Party is excluded, the total number of seats of their allies will definitely not reach 50.
Even if they have 50 seats, their current 203 seats add up to less than 260 seats, which does not reach the majority required to form a government.
This means that the position of the Civilian Party becomes extremely critical.
Although the Civilian Party is still their ally, everyone knows it clearly.
Everyone has some opinions about Roden serving as the director of the Central Bureau of Investigation, especially Lao Xian and his people, who want to take control of the Central Bureau of Investigation into their own hands.
According to the previous plan, after winning this election, they will take action against the Central Bureau of Investigation, marginalize Rawdon, and prevent him from entering the power center of the Central Bureau of Investigation.
This means that the Civilian Party will definitely fall out with us.
Before, they didn’t care about the People’s Party. If they had a falling out, they had a falling out. They didn’t care even if the People’s Party stood on the side of the Congress Party.
Because in their view, the few seats of the People's Party will not affect any results at all, and for them, they are dispensable.
Now, the seats of the People's Party play a decisive role. Who dares to say that Rawdon will be kicked out of the power center of the Central Bureau of Investigation at this time? (End of this chapter)
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