Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has dubbed the 26-party INDIA bloc a ‘real challenge’ in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Voicing a desire to contest the upcoming polls, he also asserted on Friday that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance did not take any election ‘casually’. The Rajya Sabha MP said that his party's primary agenda was to ensure Prime Minister Narendra Modi secured a third term at the helm.“I consider it (INDIA bloc) as a real challenge because the BJP and the NDA do not take any election casually. From ground workers to top leaders, everybody takes each election very seriously and the prime minister leads us from the front, provides a report card of his work, appeals to the people, and exposes the misleading statements and double standards of the opposition," he told news agency PTI.Pradhan also said that ‘some people’ make alliances without principles – out of ‘fear, arrogance or selfishness’ – without singling out any party or individual.