TheHitavada JABALPUR Friday May 24 2019 9 FROM THE FRONT PAGE Alert voters rejected opportunistic, Modi: India’s mandate casteist politics: Yogi Adityanath The Modi wave not only Kalburgi seat in Karnataka and LUCKNOW, May 23 (PTI) and casteist politics of the maha- crores of BJP workers. I also con- swept through the Hindi heart- Jyotiraditya Scindia in Madhya gathbandhan (Grand Alliance)”. gratulate party chief Amit Shah and land and Gujarat, as was expect- Pradesh. The Congress won not AS the BJP marched towards a grand According to latest trends, the BJP crores of BJP workers.” On what his ed, but also bulldozed through a single seat in 13 states. victory in the Lok Sabha elections, was leading in 60 of the 80 parlia- message would be for the ‘mahami- West Bengal, Odisha, The BJP also made huge gains Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi mentary seats in Uttar Pradesh. lawati’ (grand adulteration of Maharashtra and Karnataka. in Odisha, West Bengal and Adityanath on Thursday said alert “People across the country have Opposition parties), Adityanath said, Only Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana voters have rejected the “oppor- rejected the negative politics of “Politics of negativity and politics Andhra Pradesh appeared In Odisha, the BJP was ahead tunistic and casteist” politics of casteism, dynastic politics, and have of opportunism have been grossly untouched. Even in Telangana, in eight of the 21 seats, up from Grand Alliance forged by the accepted with open arms the posi- rejected by the alert voters and the where it was expected to fare one last time. In West Bengal, Opposition parties. tive politics of development and democracy of India. poorly, the BJP is expected to it was expected to win 18 seats, “It is high time for the Opposition nationalism. This time our slogan “Under the leadership of Modiji, win four seats, while the up from two in 2014, all at the to introspect and shun politics of was ‘Abki Baar 300 Paar, Phir Ek Baar India’s honour has gone up at the Telangana Rashtra Samiti will expense of the Left. In negativity,” Adityanath told PTI in Modi Sarkaar’ (This time beyond world level in the last five years. The get nine. Telangana, it was set to win four. his first interview after trends 300, once again Modi Government),” achievement of the BJP on the inter- The results were staggering Congress ally DMK was ahead showed massive gains for the BJP. he said. Congratulating the Prime nal and external security front, the for BJP in the Hindi-speaking in 20 seats in Tamil Nadu while He hailed Prime Minister Modi and Minister for the “historic” win, he historic success in the realm of infra- states, including those where in Kerala, the Congress-led UDF Bharatiya Janata Party President said, “This is a victory of his (Modi’s) structure development and imple- Congress had won in the recent was ahead in 19 out of 20 seats. Amit Shah for BJP’s “historic victo- leadership, the strategic and organ- mentation of various schemes for Assembly elections: it swept all The voting was staggered ry”. The Chief Minister said “alert isational planning of BJP chief Amit public welfare have greatly attract- but one of the 29 seats in between April 11 and May 19 in voters have rejected opportunistic Shah and the result of hardwork of ed the voters towards party,” he said. Madhya Pradesh, 25 out of 25 which around 67 per cent of the in Rajasthan and nine out of 11 nearly 900 million eligible peo- in Chattisgarh. Similar was the ple exercised their franchise to story in Bihar, Haryana, elect 542 members of the Lok Twitter recorded around 400 mn Himachal Pradesh, Sabha from a total of 8,049 con- Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, testants. tweets in 2019 Lok Sabha polls Delhi and notably Karnataka, Out of the 543 Lok Sabha where it is expected to win 25 seats, elections were held in 542 NEW DELHI, May 23 (IANS) Alliance received 37 per cent of the men- out of 28 seats. constituencies as the EC had tions. Among the big-name casu- cancelled polls to the Vellore TWITTER India on Thursday said con- Congress President Rahul Gandhi and alties were Congress leaders constituency on the ground of versations around the 2019 Lok Sabha BJP President Amit Shah were the lead- Mallikarjun Kharge who lost his excessive use of money power. elections grew 300 per cent from 2014 ers who were most mentioned after Modi to reach 396 million tweets between on the platform. “While English and January 1 and May 23. Hindi remained the dominant languages Every grain of my being During the course of the six weeks of of conversation, we saw a substantial the election from April 11 till May 19, number of Tweets in Tamil followed by devoted to nation: Modi national security emerged as the most Gujarati, represented by the use of the “It is not Modi’s victory, but proper houses, this is the vic- talked about election-related topic on Twitter Lok Sabha Elections emoji hash- a win of people’s hope and aspi- tory of the middle class which Twitter, followed by religion, jobs and tags,” Twitter India said in a statement. rations,” Modi said. follows the rules, pays taxes, employment, agriculture, and finally Twitter India said it took key steps and Striking a conciliatory polit- but wondered if his taxes were demonetisation. action to protect the integrity of the ical tone, he also reached out being used for the benefit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi #LokSabhaElections2019. to his rivals, urging everyone to the country, he said. In the last (@NarendraModi) emerged as the most “Along with adhering to the social put the rancour of the bitter five years, people have realised mentioned figure during the entire media code of conduct as part of the and often nasty campaign that the money they are con- course of #LokSabhaElections2019, and Election Commission of India and IAMAI behind them. tributing in taxes has been put @BJP4India handle along with the han- (Internet & Mobile Association of India), What’s past is past, he said. to nation-building, he said. dles of their National Democratic we created an elections-specific sup- “We have to move ahead. We Addressing the countrymen Alliance members took 53 per cent of port portal for election partners to pro- have to take everyone with us, directly, Modi said he will not the mentions on Twitter. The @INCIndia vide feedback directly to us about issues even our opponents. We have do anything with bad intention, handle along with the handles of other and concerns,” the social media plat- to work for the benefit of the even though, he added, he may members of the United Progressive form said. country,” he said. “You have at times commit a mistake on filled this fakir’s bag with a lot job. “I will not do anything of hope. All your hopes, dreams, for myself,” he said, signalling ambitions are dependent on it,” the noisy crowd to keep quiet With NDA set to retain power, he said. This is the victory of and then added, “I will devote toiling farmers who struggle to every moment of my time and feed the nation, this is the vic- every fibre of my being for my focus to be on BJP’s promises tory of those who now live in countrymen.” NEW DELHI, May 23 (PTI) Minister Narendra Modi had said the BJP would work towards making India a BHARATIYA Janata Party’s poll promis- developed nation by 2047, 100 years Thank You India: Amit Shah es of lower tax rates and interest-free after Independence. The BJP had also NEW DELHI, May 23 (IANS) agricultural loans are likely to be in focus said its economic policy has been guid- as the National Democratic Alliance is ed by the principle of lowering the tax AS THE BJP lead on 278 seats by Thursday afternoon, close to set to form the next Government. rate and improving compliance, there- seven hours into the counting process, BJP President Amit As the NDA prepares for a second term by broadening of the tax base. Shah thanked the nation for voting them back to power call- with a thumping majority, there are also According to the manifesto, the par- ing it a victory for the whole country. challenges of boosting economic growth ty is committed to further revise the tax In a series of tweets in Hindi, he thanked the country say- and creating jobs on mass scale. slabs and tax benefits to ensure more ing “Phir ek baar Modi Sarkar” (once again, Modi Government). The Bharatiya Janata Party’s ‘Sankalp cash and greater purchasing power in “This is a victory of the entire nation. A victory of hopes of Patra’ (document of resolve) or election the hands of our middle income fami- the youth, poor and farmers. This grand victory is a triumph manifesto, released on April 8, laid out lies. In the interim Budget presented in of people’s confidence in Prime Minister Modi’s five-year of the party’s development agenda, includ- February, the NDA Government made development and strong leadership. “I convey my heartfelt ing steps to make India a USD 5 trillion income up to Rs 5 lakh tax free. greetings to Modiji on behalf of BJP workers.” He also con- economy by 2025. India’s economic The manifesto had also said that while gratulated the people of the nation and the party workers. growth touched a five-year low of 7 per social security net for the poor and farm- “This result is India’s mandate against opposition’s propaganda, cent in 2018-19 but inflation has large- ers would be expanded, the party’s lies, personal insinuations and baseless politics.