New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed confidence on Monday that the NDA would secure more than 400 seats, and the BJP would win at least 370 seats in the Lok Sabha elections. Modi said that he was convinced the Opposition parties had lost the courage to contest elections and had resolved to stay on the Opposition benches for a long time.

"I can gauge the mood of the nation; it will definitely give the NDA more than 400 seats and the BJP at least 370 seats," the Prime Minister said in response to the debate in the Lok Sabha on the Motion of Thanks on the President's Address.

These changes are mainly for maintaining tense consistency and ensuring clarity in the expression of ideas.

He mentioned that the government's...