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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday predicted and warned that the UPA-II Government headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh could collapse anytime, as its allies were seemingly unhappy. It said that it arrived at this premise on the basis of Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee and DMK patriarch M.Karunanidhi cancelling their respective plans to attend a dinner hosted by Prime Minister Singh at his residence tonight. The BJP said the three years of the UPA-II regime should and would be written in "black letters." "Its allies are not happy with it. A leader of the ally party does not even want to eat food together. You can imagine the state of affairs. The UPA is not even in a position of eating snacks," said BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain. "I wonder what would be the flavour of the dinner hosted to celebrate the three years of completion of government," he said, after BJP's Parliamentary Party meeting in Delhi . Hussain said: "This government can anytime...(fall). The government claims to have a total majority of 272, but the actual figure seems 227 as even its allies are not happy with it." The party also discussed the "failures" of the present regime, he said. Senior BJP leader L.K. Advani lauded party lawmakers for their good performance during the budget session of Parliament. "The party has been able to put the government on the backfoot on many occasions during the current session," said Hussain.

BJP predicts collapse of UPA II Govt over differences with allies