Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) – BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia greets Modi as BJP-led alliance is on course for victory in Indian national election.
 

BNP Vice-Chairman Shamser Mobin Chowdhry reportedly said that Khaleda Zia’s greetings message was sent to Modi through Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pankaj Saran.
 

Partial counts showed Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies leading in 309 seats out of 543 being contested. The ruling Congress party alliance was ahead in just 72.
 

Meanwhile, the Congress has accepted that it has been trounced by the opposition BJP in the national election, but predictably, the party offered cover to frontman Rahul Gandhi, claiming the blame is "collective”, according to the NDTV report. 
 

BBN/SSR/AD-16May14-12:58 pm (BST)