Flashing ’V’ sign, PM Modi sets off BJP’s Gujarat, Himachal Celebration

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Dec 18, 2017 :  Prime Minister Narendra Modi flashed a V sign for victory and a smile as he walked into parliament this morning as his party, the BJP, looked set to win the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh election.

 

The BJP had a scare in PM Modi’s home state Gujarat, where the fight turned out to be tougher than expected by the party and predicted by pollsters.  But three hours later, chants of "Modi, Modi" rose up at the BJP’s headquarters and offices and celebrations broke out.

PM Modi led a high-voltage campaign to score a sixth straight victory for the BJP, which has ruled Gujarat for 22 years. In rally after ally, he stressed on Gujarati pride and targeted the Congress.

The BJP’s victory against all odds, including anti-incumbency and public anger over measures like demonetization and GST or Goods and Services Tax, is seen as reinforcement of the Prime Minister’s unmatched winnability in elections.

Around 11 am, shortly after the Prime Minister’s arrival in parliament, leads for all of Gujarat’s 182 assembly seats showed a BJP victory with a lower margin.

In Himachal Pradesh, the BJP was racing towards an emphatic win to snatch another state from the Congress.



courtesy:NDTV