Cong dharma: Leadership by consensus

The party has already kept the options open for the BSP and the SP. On a post-poll alliance, he said: 8216;8216;We are confident of getting a majority on our own. However, we are in no way averse to post-poll support so long as its excludes those in the NDA.8217;8217; On NDA convenor George Fernandes saying the NDA was open post-polls, Singhvi said: 8216;8216;He is luring all and sundry into the NDA by keeping an open house. But since we are about to see the end of NDA, no one is likely to heed his calls.8217;8217;

Calling the NDA a 8216;8216;National Devastated Alliance8217;8217;, the Congress referred to the BJP8217;s internal assessment that the NDA was 8216;8216;losing consistently8217;8217;.