Over one lakh laddoos are being prepared at the BJP headquarters in Delhi
New Delhi:
Votes will be counted from 8 am today in the mammoth general election that ended this week, and the Bharatiya Janata Party is prepping for victory. (Full Coverage: Elections 2014)
The Election Commission said the first trends should be in by 9-9:30 am.
On Thursday, workers at the flower-festooned New Delhi headquarters of the BJP passed around traditional sweets and chanted tributes to the party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, 63, who, exit polls show, is likely to be India's next prime minister.
BJP workers said they brought in two car-loads of fireworks, while 20 chefs from Delhi's famous Chandni Chowk are working to meet a target of preparing 1 lakh laddoos.
BJP president Rajnath Singh has held many discussions over two days to shape a post-election strategy should the alliance his party leads get the clear majority that exit polls have predicted it will. The ruling Congress, the exit polls say, faces its worst ever defeat after 10 years in power. (Watch NDTV Exit Poll here)
"People have voted for development and progress. People are restless for change. They will feel liberated once results are announced," BJP spokesperson Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said.
The marathon six-week parliamentary election saw a 66 per cent voter turnout, a new record; 55.16 crore people voted. (Read: India Sets New Record for Voter Turnout at Over 66%)
Election Commission officials have banned victory processions in Varanasi, where Mr Modi is contesting and throughout the electorally critical state of Uttar Pradesh, citing the need to maintain law and order. Security will be tight all over the country as votes are counted.
Mr Modi will be in Gujarat, of which he is chief minister, all of Friday as the election results come in. In the evening he will visit Vadodara in his state, the other constituency he is contesting from.
Before he leaves for Vadodara, Mr Modi is likely to stop by at his party headquarters in Gandhinagar and also visit his mother, Hiraben, 95.
The BJP's best showing so far was in elections in 1998 and 1999 when it won 182 seats and ran the country until a shock defeat at the hands of the Congress in 2004. NDTV's exit polls say this time the party alone could get 235 seats. (NDTV Exit Poll: 279 for BJP and Allies, Congress in Double Digits)
The Election Commission said the first trends should be in by 9-9:30 am.
On Thursday, workers at the flower-festooned New Delhi headquarters of the BJP passed around traditional sweets and chanted tributes to the party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, 63, who, exit polls show, is likely to be India's next prime minister.
BJP workers said they brought in two car-loads of fireworks, while 20 chefs from Delhi's famous Chandni Chowk are working to meet a target of preparing 1 lakh laddoos.
BJP president Rajnath Singh has held many discussions over two days to shape a post-election strategy should the alliance his party leads get the clear majority that exit polls have predicted it will. The ruling Congress, the exit polls say, faces its worst ever defeat after 10 years in power. (Watch NDTV Exit Poll here)
"People have voted for development and progress. People are restless for change. They will feel liberated once results are announced," BJP spokesperson Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said.
The marathon six-week parliamentary election saw a 66 per cent voter turnout, a new record; 55.16 crore people voted. (Read: India Sets New Record for Voter Turnout at Over 66%)
Election Commission officials have banned victory processions in Varanasi, where Mr Modi is contesting and throughout the electorally critical state of Uttar Pradesh, citing the need to maintain law and order. Security will be tight all over the country as votes are counted.
Mr Modi will be in Gujarat, of which he is chief minister, all of Friday as the election results come in. In the evening he will visit Vadodara in his state, the other constituency he is contesting from.
Before he leaves for Vadodara, Mr Modi is likely to stop by at his party headquarters in Gandhinagar and also visit his mother, Hiraben, 95.
The BJP's best showing so far was in elections in 1998 and 1999 when it won 182 seats and ran the country until a shock defeat at the hands of the Congress in 2004. NDTV's exit polls say this time the party alone could get 235 seats. (NDTV Exit Poll: 279 for BJP and Allies, Congress in Double Digits)
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