As BJP swept three Assembly elections in the Hindi heartland states of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, counting for which was held on Sunday, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that the people had defeated the Congress' divisive and appeasement politics.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged victorious in the Chhattisgarh assembly polls and is set to form the government in the 90-member state Assembly, as the party has crossed the majority mark by securing 54 seats. Congress came a distant second with 35 seats, as the counting of votes
Workers of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress party clashed with each other outside the counting spot in Madhya Pradesh's Shajapur district after BJP candidate from Shajapur constituency defeated his Congress candidate by a small margin.
As the BJP is poised to sweep all three North Indian states in the Assembly elections, the counting of which is in the final stages, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said that the people have shown their "mood" through these elections.
"The landslide victory in the assembly elections of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh is a victory of the charismatic leadership of Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi and the strong public trust towards BJP," the Defence Minister said in a post on 'X' in Hindi as the counting of v
Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar congratulated the Bharatiya Janata Party karyakartas for the party's landslide victory in the Madhya Pradesh elections.
The union minister further slammed the Congress and said that the kind of taunts the Opposition leaders hurled at him proved costly for the Gandhi family.
As Bharatiya Janata Party crossed the halfway mark in Chhattisgarh with its candidates leading in 55 seats, state chief Arun Sao exuded confidence in the party forming the government and said that those who have "looted" the state will not be spared.
Congress dethroned Chandrasekhar Rao-led Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS), who has been in power since 2014, when Telangana was granted statehood, by crossing the halfway mark.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was seen in a jubilant mood at his residence and flashed a victory sign at CM House along with his family, in Bhopal on Sunday.
As Bharatiya Janata Party crosses the halfway mark in Chhattisgarh as per Election Commission's latest trends, BJP co-in-charge in Chhattisgarh, Nitin Nabin took a swipe at the ruling Congress party referring it to be corrupt.