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!!, ()*+,+ .*/012/345*+,6+ +8**32/345*+,6+4 : "BC, 3 - ./ 01.2 :0,+)5<3 <$ 7 $ 7 < $ $ = 9*8 +8 5=&< %' 9+ :/)*8*+.66,+/*0, - &</ 1-%91<& 3 3*,%*+"DE /:"C* !" #$$ 5<2 &-3 3 Chief Minister Mamata show. Rahul Gandhi may have Banerjee, who had emerged as won from Wayanad with a odi hai to mumkin hai. the most vocal critic of the record margin, but his humil- MThe evocative tagline of Prime Minister during the poll iating defeat at the hands of the BJP campaign aptly reflects campaign. All the seven phas- Smriti Irani in the family pock- &:: 7721:< would fast-track its war against the party’s massive victory in es of the polls were marred by et borough of Amethi is the poverty next five-year. Taking the Lok Sabha polls. The brand violence, and both the PM cruelest blow the BJP has tating that the landslide a dig at Left parties and their ‘Modi’ has outshone every and BJP chief Amit Shah had inflicted on the Congress chief. Srepeat mandate has sur- alleged commitment to the competitor, be it regional warned that those engaged in The results show that in prised the whole world and put welfare of workers, he said the satraps or Congress president bloodletting will pay for it direct contest with the BJP, the forward a “new narrative” for BJP Government provided Rahul Gandhi, who found few after the elections. Now, that Congress has no chance to India for waging a decisive bat- pension to 40 crore labourers takers for his “chowkidar chor the BJP stands neck and neck survive. The two parties were tle against poverty, Prime in the unorganised sector. hai” jibe at the PM. with the TMC in terms of locked in direct contest on Minister Narendra Modi on Even as Shah in his address The result shows the BJP tally and its voting percentage 184 seats, of which 174 went to Thursday promised that he to workers directly attacked has emerged as a pan-India has increased phenomenally, the BJP. would go all-out to live up to dynasty, caste and politics of force as the saffron party made the party is expected to make There is no denying the the “big trust” reposed on him appeasement and the setback big inroad into the strongly a big push to grab power in the fact that Hindutva and nation- by the people. The PM said he they got in the poll results, the protected fortresses of Mamata State in next alism were the two most would carry all political parties Prime Minister said he would Banerjee’s West Bengal and Assembly polls. prominent agenda for the BJP. along to make the country let go of what happened during Navin Patnaik’s Odisha. Except The West Bengal result No surprise Sadhvi Pragya prosperous and strong. polls and run the Government Kerala and Tamil Nadu, the shows that, like in every other Singh Thakur was able to van- Modi, who walked into with the consensus of all. footprint of the BJP is clearly part of India, there has been a quish veteran Digvijaya Singh the BJP headquarters in the “Governments are formed visible all over the country. significant consolidation of despite calling Nathuram evening along with party chief by majority but run by con- The result emphatically Hindu voters in the State with Godse a nationalist. Giriraj Amit Shah to a tumultuous sensus of all”, he said adding negated pre-poll calculations 27 per cent Muslim population. Singh’s massive victory over welcome with thousands of “we have to look ahead” and that the coming together of The BJP’s strategy to centre its Kanhaiya Kumar is also reflec- workers chanting “Modi- taken even our political rivals anti-BJP forces in several States campaign around Hindutva tion of the success of the party’s Modi”, “Bharat Mata ki Jai” and with us for making India a could stop Modi’s juggernaut paid off rich dividends. Hindutva agenda. “Vande Mataram’, said the ulti- prosperous and strong country. there. While the Uttar Pradesh’s The BJP victory is all the The BJP victory is mate victor in the elections are Thanking all party workers mahagathbhandhan of more significant because the undoubtedly fuelled by the people of India who “ fought for their “selfless work”, Modi Samajhwadi Party and BSP did party crossed halfway mark of support of all sections and the polls”. said “aapne is fakir ki jholi bhar pull down the BJP a bit, but in 50 per cent seats in 17 States caste, but it is believed that even He said political pundits di” and it is time “I fulfil my Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka such as Gujarat, Maharashtra, a significant section of the will have to re-visit their tools promises”. In 2014, he said and Maharashtra, no one could Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, UP, Muslim voted for the saffron to analyse the repeat “prachand people did not know him but withstand the force of the all- Rajasthan, Arunachal Pradesh outfit. Senior BJP leader bahumat” (massive mandate)” trusted and “now you trusted pervasive Modi wave. among others. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi put this saying “this is new India”. after knowing me”. The outcome is particular- The Congress will have a number to 30 per cent. Taking a dig at political Shah, in his speech, said ly worrisome for West Bengal lot to think after its pathetic Related copies on P5/6/7 parties deriving their suste- BJP won more than 50 per cent nance from the “tag of secu- votes in 17 States including in larism”, Modi said they were Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, < silenced by the big political vic- Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, $ tory of BJP in 2014. “2014 tak Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, () us jamat ne bolna band kar Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. He = diya”, he said saying they were said this (50 per cent) vote was < “de-masked”. achieved by shaking up the tra- Vowing that he would go ditional caste calculations. beyond caste-based considera- < =< &:: 772 1)- General elections. tions, the Prime Minister said, "++ The States where the “Caste-based political parties L 1/ fter its success in the three Congress could not even open received a big shock this elec- AAssembly elections last its account include Rajasthan, tion”, adding, “with the spirit year, the Congress once again Gujarat, Delhi, Haryana, which prevailed during free- =( performed miserably against Uttarakhand, Odisha, Jammu dom movement we the BJP at the national level. Kashmir and Himachal can remove poverty during => The party president Rahul Pradesh. Apart from these, the 2019 to 24”. Gandhi faced the mortification Congress also has no presence Detailing his welfare of a humiliating defeat at the in Andaman and Nicobar, schemes which fulfilled aspi- hands of Smriti Irani in the Dadra and Nagar Haveli, rations of youth, farmers, =; family bastion of Amethi. Daman and Diu, Lakshadweep, labourers and middle-class, 55 The party scored a duck in Manipur, Mizoram, Sikkim P Modi said his Government L ( $ 18 States and saw nine of its and Tripura. !"#$%& ' ( )*' former Chief Ministers biting The UPA which has the dust. For the second time, Congress as its main con- the grand old party did not get stituents could not even touch % % R ! enough number to bag leader three digit figure with its major of Opposition post in the Lok alliance partners like NCP, & 2 !-:1 Sabha. JD(S) and others showing a dis- 2/ 1:/2 According to " ing from the Malda South seat. L While Rahul lost from mal performance. %&""' last reports — even # Making a record of sorts the Amethi, there were no takers Senior Congress leaders eft and Congress were blown off, as VVPATs were $ ## Left Front not only transferred 23 < P for sister Priyanka Gandhi in who lost included Lok Sabha 9 #++; LTMC lost much of its roof in the being counted — the ruling Trinamool per cent votes to the saffron out- :5 UP. The party lost all the seats Mallikarjun Kharge from % Saffron Fani as 2019 election results on Congress was leading in 22 seats con- fit but also for the first time since where Priyanka campaigned or Kalaburgi in Karnataka, former () Thursday saw BJP seriously denting ceding 12 seats to the BJP which was 1955 drew a blank sending no MP = conducted road-shows. Delhi CM Shiela Dikshit from ()-? % Mamata Banerjee’s stronghold. leading in 18 seats. from the erstwhile Red citadel. ! The only face saver for North East Delhi, former M: In an extraordinarily polarised The Congress which won Percentage-wise the TMC % Congress was Kerala (15) and Madhya Pradesh CM Digvijay atmosphere, the Lok Sabha poll results four seats in 2014 was leading in polled about 43 per cent votes while Punjab (8) which helped the Singh from Bhopal, former =N- found BJP making massive inroads only two seats with former PCC pres- the BJP got about 41 per cent votes < party reach a tally 51 (till 8pm) Maharashtra Chief ! into TMC “green fort” of Bengal ident and sitting MP Adhir wresting almost 23 per cent votes from L seats which is merely seven Ministers Ashok Chavan from apparently getting a huge chunk of Left Chowdhury clinching the Behrampore the Left which got just about 8 per cent. more from the tally of 2014 Nanded. Front votes to swing its way. seat and AH Khan Chowdhury lead- Continued on Page 4 P " '() !! QR 1 ):-72 1 ;5:7 1 1:&&3 rewritten the history by secur- BJP’s Smriti Irani by over 50,000 votes. 991:!1:1 the 67 Assembly seats that it ing 145 plus seats, out of However, Congress bagged sole seat Rae iding high on the Modi-Shah magic, had won in 2015 Delhi 175 Assembly seg- he BJP trounced the caste-based alliance Bareli of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.

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