Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Thursday said North East, Bengal and Odisha will be the "biggest surprises" of this Lok Sabha polls, with the first two rounds of voting clearly showing an upsurge in favour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Meanwhile, a high voter turnout was witnessed in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections on Thursday covering 95 constituencies in 11 states and union territory Puducherry. As many as 91 constituencies went to polls in the first phase on April 11.
"After the first two rounds of voting, the upsurge in favour of PM Shri @narendramodi and the NDA is clearly evident," Jaitley tweeted.
The senior BJP leader further said that India is on way to reject political instability and chaos and to elect an NDA Government with the BJP majority.
"North East, Bengal and Odisha will be the biggest surprises of this Lok Sabha election," the minister, who is in-charge of the BJP's publicity committee, said.
Lok Sabha polls are being held in seven-phases for 543 seats on April 11, April 18, April 23, April 29, May 6, May 12 and May 19, and counting will be on May 23.