Pakistan, repeated it overtly attempt to interfer in India's electoral process on Monday. A day before the counting day, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, the foreign minister of Pakistan asserted that PM Modi's BJP is facing 'a huge defeat' in the Delhi Assembly Elections citing "contentious moves concerning new citizenship laws". Addressing the audience at the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI) in Islamabad, Shah Mehmood Qureshi further reprimanding PM Modi claimed that India's economic growth had 'halved' since the BJP came to power in 2014. In further condemnation, accused the government of flagging a 'Pulwama-like operation' to divert the minds of people. 

According to Dawn, he said, "As for the Delhi elections, where results will be announced tomorrow, it is expected the BJP will face a lot of difficulties and is facing a huge defeat." "We are worried that India may try to stage a Pulwama-like false flag operation to move its own peoples' focus on Pakistan, instead of on its own economic situation," Qureshi added.