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People blessed politics of development, Modi tweets after historic win in Gujarat
The Bharatiya Janata Party has created history by coming to power for the seventh consecutive time with a thumping majority in Gujarat. After the resulta were announced party workers could be seen dancing and singing in large numbers at the BJP headquarters in Gandhinagar and Delhi.
With EC nod, K. Chandrasekhar Rao set to formally launch Bharat Rashtra Samithi
At a programme to be held at Telangana Bhavan, the chief minister will launch BRS at 1.20 p.m. With this, the party will officially commence its activities. KCR, as the TRS leader is popularly known, will sign a letter in reply to the communication received from the Election Commission.
MCD polls: Over 50% winners didn't study beyond Class 12
As per a report by ADR, out of 248 winning candidates analysed, 132 (53 per cent) winning candidates are women, and one transgender candidate from AAP (Bobby) has won from Sultanpuri-A ward. In the MCD polls conducted in the year 2017, out of 266 councillors, 139 (52 per cent) were women.
All Gujarat ministers, save one, re-elected
The Patel ministry totalled 25, including the Chief Minister, but for the two-phase December elections, five ministers were denied tickets. Of the other 20, the Chief Minister and 18 others have got re-elected to the Assembly. While Patel has won with a massive margin of 1,92,263 votes, other colleagues who won with large margins are Purnesh Modi (104,637), Harsh Sanghvi (131,675), Kanu Desai (97,164), Naresh Patel (93,166), and Manish Vakil (98,597).
Congress gets majority in Himachal Pradesh by winning 40 seats, BJP shrinks to 25
Acknowledging the adverse mandate, outgoing Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, under whose leadership the BJP went into the polls, told the media here: "I respect the people's mandate and I want to thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other Central leadership during last five years. We will stand for the development of the state irrespective of politics. We will also analyse our shortcomings and improve during the next term."
The only poll that predicted BJP's landslide in Gujarat and Congress gains in Himachal Pradesh
The India Today-Axis-My-India exit polls predicted that the BJP is poised to sweep Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state, for the seventh time in a row, but it would lose Himachal Pradesh in a tight race with Congress. The results from the two states proved how flawless India Today-Axis-My-India exit polls have been once again. The latest predictions are in line with our track record of 95 per cent accuracy in election forecast.
Rivaba Jadeja 'hits it out of the park' on poll debut
Rivaba Jadeja was pitted against Congress candidate Bipendrasinh Jadeja. Rivaba got 84,336 votes against the Congress nominee who bagged 22,822 votes while AAP candidate Karshanbhai Karmur got 33,880 votes, according to the Election Commission. She was selected as a candidate by the party over the sitting MLA and former Minister of State for Civil Supplies, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja.
Gujarat results prove lack of Congress relevance in leading any national front: Trinamool
Trinamool leaders also claimed that the Gujarat results also prove that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is the only credible face against the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi to lead a "third alternative a democratic, progressive and secular" alternative against the BJP at the national level.
Gujarat Polls: CM Bhupendra Patel wins big; Rivaba Jadeja opens account in style
While Patel got 2,12,480 votes, Congress' Amee Yajnik finished a distant second with 21,120 votes. In Jamnagar North, BJP candidate Rivaba Jadeja, who's the wife of India cricketer Ravindra Jadeja, made an impressive electoral debut by defeating AAP's Karshanbhai Karmur by close to 60,000 votes.
Gujarat rejected those who engage in politics of empty promises and appeasement: Amit Shah
Shah said that he salutes the people of Gujarat for the historic win. He tagged Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and state BJP president CR Patil in a tweet and congratulated them and all the BJP workers who worked tirelessly for the victory under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the chairmanship of JP Nadda.
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