Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated the Congress for its comeback performance in the state assembly elections and said that his party (BJP) “accepts the people’s mandate with humility.”
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) suffered major defeats in the states of Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, while also falling behind to Congress in Madhya Pradesh. With defeats assured in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, PM Modi took to Twitter and thanked the people of all three states for the last five years.
The Prime Minister also thanked KCR and the Mizoram National Front (MNF) for their overwhelming victories in Telangana and Mizoram respectively.
“Victory and defeat are an integral part of life,” he said in another tweet. “Today’s results will further our resolve to serve people and work even harder for the development of India”.
As per latest reports, the Congress is set to form governments in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan while in Madhya Pradesh it is involved in a tough battle with the BJP. MNF won 26 out of 40 assembly seats in Mizoram to secure a comprehensive victory.
Similarly, in Telangana, the TRS clinched 86 seats out the total 119 to defeat its nearest rival Congress.
Meanwhile, Union Minister Arun Jaitley said, “We have done reasonably well. We have to introspect. The cadres will have an honest analysis.”
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