C M Y K !!( RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008 ,+!,% .;<= ) * ++ ,,- +. +32&-4!5 ! ""# " $" % # "# % % # " " " %" $ " ! "" # " % 6" 7 6 &' () ,, * &#+,-.'.&0 112&,.32 # 46 >=6>/.?@ .>A=.(B/ !"#$% $#$#$# !# &'" !" #$$ Chief Minister Mamata won from Wayanad with a Banerjee, who had emerged as record margin, but his humil- odi hai to mumkin hai. the most vocal critic of the iating defeat at the hands of MThe evocative tagline of Prime Minister during the poll Smriti Irani in the family pock- the BJP campaign aptly reflects campaign. All the seven phas- et borough of Amethi is the poverty next five-year. Taking the party’s massive victory in es of the polls were marred by cruelest blow the BJP has a dig at Left parties and their the Lok Sabha polls. The brand violence, and both the PM inflicted on the Congress chief. tating that the landslide alleged commitment to the ‘Modi’ has outshone every and BJP chief Amit Shah had The results show that in Srepeat mandate has sur- welfare of workers, he said the competitor, be it regional warned that those engaged in direct contest with the BJP, the prised the whole world and put BJP Government provided satraps or Congress president bloodletting will pay for it Congress has no chance to forward a “new narrative” for pension to 40 crore labourers Rahul Gandhi, who found few after the elections. Now, that survive. The two parties were India for waging a decisive bat- in the unorganised sector. takers for his “chowkidar chor the BJP stands neck and neck locked in direct contest on tle against poverty, Prime Even as Shah in his address hai” jibe at the PM. with the TMC in terms of 184 seats, of which 174 went to Minister Narendra Modi on to workers directly attacked The result shows the BJP tally and its voting percentage the BJP. Thursday promised that he dynasty, caste and politics of has emerged as a pan-India has increased phenomenally, There is no denying the would go all-out to live up to appeasement and the setback force as the saffron party made the party is expected to make fact that Hindutva and nation- the “big trust” reposed on him they got in the poll results, the big inroad into the strongly a big push to grab power in the alism were the two most by the people. The PM said he Prime Minister said he would protected fortresses of Mamata State in next Assembly polls. prominent agenda for the BJP. would carry all political parties let go of what happened during Banerjee’s West Bengal and The West Bengal result No surprise Sadhvi Pragya along to make the country polls and run the Government Navin Patnaik’s Odisha. Except shows that, like in every other Singh Thakur was able to van- prosperous and strong. with the consensus of all. Kerala and Tamil Nadu, the part of India, there has been a quish veteran Digvijaya Singh Modi, who walked into “Governments are formed footprint of the BJP is clearly significant consolidation of despite calling Nathuram the BJP headquarters in the by majority but run by con- visible all over the country. Hindu voters in the State with Godse a nationalist. Giriraj evening along with party chief sensus of all”, he said adding The result emphatically 27 per cent Muslim population. Singh’s massive victory over Amit Shah to a tumultuous “we have to look ahead” and negated pre-poll calculations The BJP’s strategy to centre its Kanhaiya Kumar is also reflec- welcome with thousands of taken even our political rivals that the coming together of campaign around Hindutva tion of the success of the party’s workers chanting “Modi- with us for making India a anti-BJP forces in several States paid off rich dividends. Hindutva agenda. Modi”, “Bharat Mata ki Jai” and prosperous and strong country. could stop Modi’s juggernaut The BJP victory is all the The BJP victory is “Vande Mataram’, said the ulti- Thanking all party workers there. While the Uttar Pradesh’s more significant because the undoubtedly fuelled by the mate victor in the elections are for their “selfless work”, Modi mahagathbhandhan of party crossed halfway mark of support of all sections and people of India who “ fought said “aapne is fakir ki jholi bhar Samajhwadi Party and BSP did 50 per cent seats in 17 States caste, but it is believed that even the polls”. di” and it is time “I fulfil my pull down the BJP a bit, but in such as Gujarat, Maharashtra, a significant section of the He said political pundits promises”. In 2014, he said Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, UP, Muslim voted for the saffron will have to re-visit their tools people did not know him but and Maharashtra, no one could Rajasthan, Arunachal Pradesh outfit. to analyse the repeat “prachand trusted and “now you trusted withstand the force of the all- among others. Senior BJP leader Mukhtar bahumat” (massive mandate)” after knowing me”. pervasive Modi wave. The Congress will have a Abbas Naqvi put this number saying “this is new India”. Shah, in his speech, said The outcome is particular- lot to think after its pathetic to 30 per cent. Taking a dig at political BJP won more than 50 per cent ly worrisome for West Bengal show. Rahul Gandhi may have Related copies on P5/6/7 parties deriving their suste- votes in 17 States including in nance from the “tag of secu- Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, larism”, Modi said they were Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, silenced by the big political vic- Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, !"! tory of BJP in 2014. “2014 tak Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. # $%! us jamat ne bolna band kar He said this (50 per cent) !( diya”, he said saying they were vote was achieved by shaking )$ ! “de-masked”. up the traditional caste calcu- % ! % Vowing that he would go lations. !!+% beyond caste-based considera- ! $,)%( General elections. tions, the Prime Minister said, -.//),),!+!! The States where the “Caste-based political parties $%!, $L % %! 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 1!, year, the Congress once again Gujarat, Delhi, Haryana, which prevailed during free- %!,(# performed miserably against Uttarakhand, Odisha, Jammu dom movement we can remove ,, the BJP at the national level. Kashmir and Himachal poverty during 2019 to 24”. ,,(2% The party president Rahul Pradesh. Apart from these, the Detailing his welfare 3) Gandhi faced the mortification Congress also has no presence schemes which fulfilled aspi- ! % of a humiliating defeat at the in Andaman and Nicobar, rations of youth, farmers, !,%!,!% hands of Smriti Irani in the Dadra and Nagar Haveli, labourers and middle-class, (4%!),,+ family bastion of Amethi. 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L 3!%% 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 ! 7//4- LTMC lost much of its roof in the being counted — the ruling Trinamool per cent votes to the saffron out- +3% , UP. The party lost all the seats Mallikarjun Kharge from +%,,6 !3!!, 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 -,%# 8,,! 6 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 !,6!%, Congress was Kerala (15) and Madhya Pradesh CM Digvijay 3!, %+!3,-$ 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 ,!,3(N3)%,!, %% found BJP making massive inroads only two seats with former PCC pres- the BJP got about 41 per cent votes $ 3)!! party reach a tally 51 (till 8pm) Maharashtra Chief Ministers )),!! 3-!$! into TMC “green fort” of Bengal ident and sitting MP Adhir wresting almost 23 per cent votes from $L % seats which is merely seven Ashok Chavan )!!!,, apparently getting a huge chunk of Left Chowdhury clinching the Behrampore the Left which got just more from the tally of 2014 from Nanded. Front votes to swing its way. seat and AH Khan Chowdhury lead- about 8 per cent. !! won in the assembly by-poll in Chhindwara. Almost the entire the 67 Assembly seats that it nly six months ago, after the Congress party was forced to bite the had won in 2015 Delhi OCongress formed Government dust in the state.