Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday thanked the people of Haryana after BJP emerged victorious in the northern state for the third time saying that people have voted his party to power for the third time in a row based on development and good governance.
In the 90-member Assembly, the BJP bagged 48 seats-two more over the required number of 46-whilst the principal opposition Congress got 37 seats, according to the latest data available from the Election Commission of India.
He also hailed the result of the election results in the Union Territory as "the victory for the country's Constitution and democracy" while addressing at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters here after the announcement of the Assembly poll results in Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir.
Among the alliance received by the National Conference-led combine, which include the Congress and the CPI-M, has received 49 seats in Jammu and Kashmir. The BJP also did a decent show in the Union Territory by garnering 29 seats.
"On such a propitious day (the sixth day of Navratri), Lotus (BJP's election symbol) has flowered for the third successive time in Haryana. Truth has triumphed in the land of Gita. Development won in the land of Gita. Good governance won in the land of Gita. People from every caste, every class have voted for us," PM Modi said.
The Prime Minister said, "After decades of wait, finally peaceful elections were held in Jammu and Kashmir, votes were counted, and results were declared. This is a victory for the Constitution of India, a victory for the democracy of India.".
"The people of Jammu and Kashmir have given more votes to the National Conference and their allies, and I congratulate them on that. However, based on vote share, the BJP has emerged as the biggest party in Jammu and Kashmir. I congratulate all the candidates who won in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir."
About Haryana, where the BJP registered a hat-trick of victories by proving most of the Exit Poll results wrong, PM Modi said: "Today, in Haryana, the guarantee of development has outweighed the potion of lies. The people of Haryana have created a new history. So far, 13 elections have been held in Haryana. In 10 of these elections, the people of Haryana changed the government every 5 years. But what the people of Haryana have done this time is unprecedented. This is the first time that a government which has completed two terms of 5 years each has got a chance again in Haryana."
Thanking the BJP workers, he said: "The victory in Haryana is the result of the immense hard work of the party workers. The Haryana win is the victory of the efforts of (party national President) J.P. Nadda and the Haryana (BJP) team. This triumph is also the win of the duties carried out by our humble Chief Minister (Nayab Singh Saini)."
Asserting the fact that BJP has its presence in most of the people's hearts, PM Modi said that it is not only the biggest party in the world.
"In Haryana, people have given a hat-trick to BJP on the issue of development. BJP has given freedom from misrule of Congress, hence people of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh have been blessing it for more than two decades," he said.
Slamming the Congress which submitted its reservations to the results in Haryana, PM Modi said: "People in most states of the country have put up a 'No Entry' board for the Congress. Earlier, the Congress used to think whether it delivered or not, people would still vote for it. But today, the party has been exposed. The Congress considers power as its birthright. The party's condition becomes similar to that of a fish living outside water if it is not in power. that is why, after coming to power, it does not hesitate to put the country and society at stake.".
"Today the whole nation is witnessing how Congress has started spreading venom in the name of caste in our society. Those who have been born with a silver spoon want to make the poor fight in the name of caste. Dalits, backward and tribal communities must not forget that it was the Congress which oppressed them the most. They were deprived of food, water and shelter for decades," PM Modi said in his scathing attack on the Congress.
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