Referring to Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was overcome with a lot of emotions seeing the phenomenal election results. The Prime Minister also thanked the people of Himachal Pradesh for their affection and support for BJP.
While saying the Congress has to accept the people's mandate, he claimed that the vibes from the people during the party's campaign phase in the state were starkly different from what the eventual verdict turned out to be.
Patel has vast experience in administration, having served as the Chairman of the Standing Committee of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and as a Corporator for Thaltej ward from 2010 to 2015. He began his political career in 1995 when he was appointed as the Chairman of the Standing
"Today, the AAP has become a national party. Results of the Gujarat election have come and the party has become a national party. 10 years ago AAP was a small party, now it has governments in two states and has become a national party," Kejriwal said.
According to the latest information from the Election Commission, BJP is poised to win 156 seats in the 182-member Gujarat assembly having already won 135 seats and leading on 21 seats.
As the counting of votes for the Himachal Pradesh assembly elections progresses, the Congress inched closer to victory, safely crossing the halfway mark to form the government in the hill state.
"I have handed over my resignation to the Governor. Will never stop working for the development of people. We need to analyse things. There were some issues that changed the direction of the results. I will go to Delhi if they call us," said Outgoing Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur.
As Congress was poised to form government in Himachal Pradesh according to the results and trends of the counting of votes, party president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday said Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra has contributed in party's performance in the hill state.
As the trends of the Election Commission of India (ECI) show Congress winning the Assembly elections of Himachal Pradesh in a neck-to-neck contest, the party leaders and members here expressed gratitude to the citizens here.
The BJP is poised to break all records of electoral performance in Gujarat, the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, and is set to get the highest number of seats won by a political party in the state's history.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur continues his lead from his constituency Seraj, with a margin of 38183 votes, as per the latest trends of the Election Commission of India.