The BJP and its ally Apna Dal(S) are set to win 64 of Uttar Pradesh’s 80 Lok Sabha seats, demolishing the challenge posed by the SP-BSP alliance, which is expected to get 15 seats between them.
Author: PTI
Modi had added chowkidar in his Twitter handle 17 March, a day after launching the ‘Main Bhi Chowkidar (I am a watchman too)’ campaign on social media.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday led his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) towards what is certain to be a resounding victory for a second term in office, as his message of nationalism, security, Hindu pride and a new India was wholeheartedly embraced by voters across large swathes of the country.
After Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi, Narendra Modi is the third prime minister of the country who has been able to retain power for a second term with full majority in Lok Sabha.
Karnataka Congress president Dinesh Gundu Rao Thursday congratulated the BJP for its “resounding victory” and wished Prime Minister Narendra Modi the “very best.”
Congress workers expected Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to turnaround the fortunes of the party in Uttar Pradesh with the swish of a magic wand, yet her combative and calculative campaign failed to lift the grand old party from the abyss of political irrelevance in the state.
National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah Thursday said the country has rejected an alternative to the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “second term” is not a “fluke.”
The Opposition Congress led-UDF in Kerala appears to be heading for a landslide in the state by continuing its lead in 19 of the total 20 Lok Sabha seats, with AICC President Rahul Gandhi so far garnering over 3.63 lakh lakh votes from Wayanad.
Lauding the people of India and the fairness and integrity of the elections in the world’s largest democracy, the US has said it will work with whoever is the victor in the polls.