Former Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday cited a Sakal news paper survey and claimed that if elections are held now in Maharashtra, then the "[Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) is] 8.4% ahead of NDA in vote share". "Wake up Maharashtra BJP," he tweeted. He also claimed that the same issue is affecting BJP in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.