New Delhi, April 19 -- The BJP on Friday cited the feedback it received to assert that it is poised for a big jump in its number of Lok Sabha seats from states where it was not considered relatively strong and will sweep in other regions.

Soon after the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections in 102 seats spread across 21 states and Union Territories were over, BJP spokesperson and MP Sudhanshu Trivedi asserted that people have rallied around Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a strong and decisive government.

He also took a swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, mocking him as the "self-declared" leader of the opposition INDIA bloc.

Trivedi said Gandhi has still not been able to gather the courage to file his nomination from Amethi, the ...