JD(U) will regret parting ways with BJP, says Jaitley

“The general elections will prove whether Congress has more votes or hoardings,” he said.

As to the Third Front, the senior BJP leader has said earlier that JD(U) would be “squeezed out” in Bihar while Samajwadi Party faced a similar position in Uttar Pradesh. The designs for the creation of a Third Front would not succeed, he said, adding that the “Third Front is a failed idea”.

He was referring to JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar's bid to cobble together a formation of 11 regional and Left parties as an alternative to BJP and Congress-led alliances at the national level.

Any experiment with a Third Front would not be in the national interest and could instead prove to be detrimental to the economy and security of the country,  Jaitley said.

He claimed that the people were keen to elect the BJP-led NDA at the Centre under the leadership of Modi.

Exuding confidence about his party's prospects in the upcoming general elections, he said that the outcome of the exercise would be unprecedented and beyond the expectations of all.

The 2014 general elections will turn out to be BJP's best- ever performance and the worst in Congress's history, Jaitley added.