In a bid to oust the Narendra Modi government, opposition parties are stitching up an alliance against the BJP in several states before 2019 general election, reported The Economic Times.

The new alliances are being formed in seven states namely Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu and Jammu and Kashmir, the report said.

With these states accounting to over 250 Lok Sabha (LS) seats, the alliance could well determine the outcome of the next year’s general election, the daily said.

The states were crucial for the BJP during the 2014 election when it surged to power thanks to a large number of seats it captured in these key states, added the report.

Currently, BJP and its allies represent 31 out of 40 LS seats in Bihar, 12 out of 14 seats in Jharkhand, 14 out of 28 seats in Karnataka and 41 seats in Maharashtra.

Besides the Modi wave, the split within the opposition ranks had aided the BJP’s cause in 2014, according to the report.

It is expected that the new alliance could negate this advantage of the BJP, said the report, adding that if the alliance materialises, it will be the re-adaption of the anti-BJP alliance of 2004.