NEW DELHI: When former Congress president Sonia Gandhi remarked on Wednesday 'who said we don't have the numbers' , who was reminded of the last time she made a similar sounding declaration? The one that didn't end well for the Congress - at all?On Wednesday, after the Lok Sabha Speaker allowed an opposition no-trust vote to be moved in the Lok Sabha - to be voted on Friday - the erstwhile Congress president said, "Who said we don't have the numbers", for the vote to go against the BJP-led NDA government.Sonia uttered eerily similar words in 1999.''We have 272 and we hope to get more,'' she declared (in accented Hindi) outside Rashtrapati Bhavan in April 1999, just as she said she did to the then President KR Narayanan, about her party's chances of forming the government and dislodging the BJP 's Atal Bihari Vajpayee one. At the time, 545 was the strength in Parliament.Sonia didn't have 272 and she didn't get more.On Friday, the BJP-led NDA needs 268 votes. The current NDA strength is 314 excluding the Speaker, with the BJP having 273 MPs.The ruling alliance has also pinned hope on 70 MPs from non-aligned regional parties including the AIADMK (37), the BJD (20), the TRS (11) and the INLD (2) - which may remain neutral even if they do not vote against the motion.Union minister Ananth Kumar said Sonia Gandhi's math is not up to the mark."Sonia ji's maths is weak. They had calculated similarly in 1996. We know what happened then. Their calculation is wrong yet again. Modi govt has majority both inside and outside Parliament., he said n Thursday.Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday referenced the 1999 Sonia fiasco."Congress had shown similar kind of arrogance during Atal Ji's tenure and they had to face the consequences. Indians have elected PM Modi as their leader and he has their confidence. We are ready to face them," said Pradhan.