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With the BJP poised for a landslide victory in the Lok Sabha elections, party president Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed party workers at the headquarters on Thursday, 23 May.
“The people’s mandate in 2019 has been for a ‘New India’”, said Modi, thanking the citizens of the country for their vote. He further said:
Terming the results the ‘biggest event in history of democracy’, he said that the world would recognise it as so.
He the said that the party would serve the country with “humility, ideals and values.”
He further said that this time around, no political party could wear the ‘garb of secularism to mislead the people.’
“This is a victory for the BJP’s government which worked on ‘sabka saath sabka vikas’ from 2014-2019,” said Shah.
He further added that it’s the first time in 50 years that a Prime Minister was coming back to power with an absolute majority.
Thanking the party workers for their support, Shah also said it was reflection of their hard work and dedication.
Hitting out at the SP-BSP alliance in Uttar Pradesh, he lauded the party for having won nearly 60 seats in the state.
Also slamming the united opposition, in particular Chandrababu Naidu, Shah said: “Some people made trips across the country to make an alliance, despite exit polls predicting a BJP victory. If only Chandrababu Naidu had put in as much effort in getting votes, he would have made an impact in his state.”
Moving on to West Bengal, where the party has made massive gains, Shah said:
Cementing leads in almost 300 seats, the saffron party is looking to break its 2014 record of 282 seats in the lower house of Parliament. While PM Modi has won for the second time in Varanasi, party chief Amit Shah’s entry in the Lok Sabha too appears likely, with him leading by over 5 lakh votes in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar constituency.
The party top brass had reportedly informed its workers earlier in the day to reach headquarters by 24 May to celebrate its victory.
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Published: 23 May 2019,07:14 PM IST