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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 184 tle against poverty, Prime Even as Shah in his address hai” jibe at the PM. with the TMC in terms of seats, of which 174 went to the Minister Narendra Modi on to workers directly attacked The result shows the BJP tally and its voting percentage 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. evening along with party chief sensus of all”, he said adding The result emphatically 27 per cent Muslim population. Giriraj Singh’s massive vic- Amit Shah to a tumultuous “we have to look ahead” and negated pre-poll calculations The BJP’s strategy to centre its tory over Kanhaiya Kumar is welcome with thousands of taken even our political rivals that the coming together of campaign around Hindutva also reflection of the success of workers chanting “Modi- with us for making India a anti-BJP forces in several States paid off rich dividends. the party’s 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 work- there. While the Uttar Pradesh’s more significant because the undoubtedly fuelled by the mate victor in the elections are ers for their “selfless work”, mahagathbhandhan of party crossed halfway mark of support of all sections and people of India who “ fought Modi said “aapne is fakir ki Samajhwadi Party and BSP did 50 per cent seats in 17 States caste, but it is believed that the polls”. jholi bhar di” and it is time “I pull down the BJP a bit, but in such as Gujarat, Maharashtra, even a significant section of He said political pundits fulfil my promises”. In 2014, he Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, the Muslim voted for the saf- will have to re-visit their tools said people did not know him and Maharashtra, no one could UP, Rajasthan, Arunachal fron outfit. Senior BJP leader to analyse the repeat “prachand but trusted and “now you withstand the force of the all- Pradesh among others. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi put this bahumat” (massive mandate)” trusted after knowing me”. pervasive Modi wave. The Congress will have a number to 30 per cent. saying “this is new India”. Shah, in his speech, said The outcome is particular- lot to think after its pathetic Taking a dig at political BJP won more than 50 per ly worrisome for West Bengal show. Rahul Gandhi may have Related copies on P5/6/7 parties deriving their suste- cent votes in 17 States includ- nance from the “tag of secu- ing in Andhra Pradesh, larism”, Modi said they were Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, silenced by the big political vic- Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, tory of BJP in 2014. “2014 tak Maharashtra, Bihar and Uttar us jamat ne bolna band kar Pradesh. 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State, Chief Minister Raghubar ing days a new India and new Das on Thursday thanked vot- Jharkhand will be built in the #% ers of the State and said they leadership of PM Narendra According to ing from the Malda South seat. have added a new chapter in Modi. “An affluent and secure '" last reports — even Making a record of sorts the the history of Indian politics by India will be made where every " eft and Congress were blown off, as VVPATs were Left Front not only transferred 23 giving a thumping majority to house will have happiness and ""(( !!"# LTMC lost much of its roof in the being counted — the ruling Trinamool per cent votes to the saffron out- an incumbent Government. every poor person will bear a $%&'&()*&' Saffron Fani as 2019 election results on Congress was leading in 22 seats con- fit but also for the first time since The CM said it is an exam- smile. With double engine gov- ( *%+&&&-./' Thursday saw BJP seriously denting ceding 12 seats to the BJP which was 1955 drew a blank sending no MP ple in the history that in the ernment in the State a new ( ' #&''%-. 0+'&&( Mamata Banerjee’s stronghold. leading in 18 seats. from the erstwhile Red citadel. leadership of Prime Minister Jharkhand will be made,” he M &/'/'+' In an extraordinarily polarised The Congress which won Percentage-wise the TMC Narendra Modi and Amit added. )&'%+'$)&#2 atmosphere, the Lok Sabha poll results four seats in 2014 was leading in polled about 43 per cent votes while Shah, development and nation- The Chief Minister further &+&)3N )/%&&%'% found BJP making massive inroads only two seats with former PCC pres- the BJP got about 41 per cent votes al security became the agenda said that the tribal people of the Therefore, the people also //&'+')#2' into TMC “green fort” of Bengal ident and sitting MP Adhir wresting almost 23 per cent votes from in elections. “This is the win of State are awakened now. “They rejected him,” he said. +/''&&+ apparently getting a huge chunk of Left Chowdhury clinching the Behrampore the Left which got just about 8 per cent. the agenda, which is an impor- denied those who considered The CM said that in the Front votes to swing its way. seat and AH Khan Chowdhury lead- tant aspect of political history them just as vote bank because coming days Santhal Pargana of the nation. The people of the now the schemes of Centre and will witness a breeze of devel- State rejected the politics of lies State government reached opment. “With brotherhood done by Congress, JMM and them. Guruji (Shibu Soren) in the society, programmes other parties. Truth finally tri- did not want to contest elec- will be run for everyone’s devel- *! 1 1 &"P" umphed,” he said. tions and he was against the opment.