Chavan said the Congress would do well in Mumbai and that the possibility of the Third Front and the Congress coming together could not be ruled out.
According to Chavan – whose remarks were published on a website – the BJP-led NDA, whose prime ministerial candidate is Narendra Modi, will not secure more than 180 seats compared to the 230+ predicted by opinion polls.
He referred to the 2009 surveys which had predicted a poor show for the Congress, but poll results returned a different picture altogether.