As the counting for the world's largest democracy is underway, the ruling government BJP seems set to cross the 340-mark along with its allies in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections results of which are being announced on Thursday. Amidst the counting of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections results, BJP leader Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said that calling Prime Minister Narendra a "thief" was wrong on part of Congress President Rahul Gandhi as the Prime Minister does not belong to a party but the country.

As the BJP leads in the trends of the Lok Sabha results, Gadkari while speaking to the media said that the people have voted for BJP as they have shown faith in Modi's leadership.