Naidu had flown to state capital Kolkata hours after a press conference in Amravati where he spoke about his proposal. Opposition leaders who have interacted with the Andhra chief minister over the last few days told HT that Naidu’s assessment was that the BJP could end up with less than 200 seats. If this happens, Naidu believes the gap between the NDA and the opposition parties would not be wide and the opposition parties should be prepped to move in to stake claim. Mamata Banerjee, like many other opposition leaders, was all for the plan to scale up the offensive against electronic voting machines and the election commission. Later, we shall take a decision on meeting the President of India,” Naidu said before embarking on the Kolkata mission.

Source: Hindustan Times May 20, 2019 17:48 UTC