'Modi will resign in 2025, Shah will take over': Kejriwal
What's the story
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday once again asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make Home Minister Amit Shah his successor.
Speaking at a press conference in Lucknow alongside Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Kejriwal stated that PM Modi has made it a rule for party leaders to retire after 75 years.
"PM Modi will turn 75 on September 17, 2025...[He] has decided to make Amit Shah his successor and...make him PM on September 17, 2025," he said.
Future forecast
Yogi Adityanath will be ousted from his position: Kejriwal's prediction
Kejriwal further predicted that if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wins the Lok Sabha Elections, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will be ousted from his position within two to three months.
He also suggested potential changes to the Constitution and the removal of reservations for the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities.
Kejriwal also claimed that the BJP is unlikely to win the Lok Sabha Elections, stating that current trends indicate the party will secure less than 220 seats.
Election forecast
Kejriwal predicts BJP's defeat in 2024 elections
"Their seats are going to be reduced in Haryana, Delhi, Punjab, Karnataka, Maharashtra, West Bengal, UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Rajasthan," the Delhi CM said.
As many as 41 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh will go to the polls in the remaining three phases of the Lok Sabha elections.
On May 20 and 25, 14 constituencies will vote in the fifth and sixth stages, respectively.
Voting for the remaining 13 seats will take place on June 1.
Opposition reaction
Even if Modi turns 75, he will become PM: Shah
Shah had earlier responded to Kejriwal's prediction that the home minister would succeed PM Modi, saying, "It is not written in the Constitution of the BJP that Modiji cannot become Prime Minister."
"He will again become Prime Minister and complete the term," he said.
Kejriwal first made the predictions during a campaign rally in Delhi after the Supreme Court granted him interim bail in the excise policy case last week.