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decimating the Congress and Bahu- precedent,” he added. spiring against us. By making us win these issues,” he said.
jan Samaj Party and smashing hopes “Amid the fervour, we have to people have once again voted for na- He also showed a victory sign
of Samajwadi Party which had formed stay focused...When we were fighting tionalism, good governance. It’s our when he arrived at the BJP office in
an alliance with smaller parties. COVID, they (Opposition) were con- responsibility to continue working on Lucknow as he was received by a huge
Yogi Adityanath is the first chief crowd of party workers.
minister of state who returned to Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janata
power after completing a five-year Party won 47 seats in Uttarakhand.
term. It was after 37 years that a party Congress won 18 seats and is leading
retained power in Uttar Pradesh. Yogi on one. Independents won two seats,
Adiyanath is the first Chief Minister BSP won one and is leading on anoth-
in 15 years to have contested an as- er seat. It is the first time that a party
sembly election. has retained power in Uttarakhand.
Yogi Adityanath is also the first The BJP is poised for a hat-trick
BJP chief minister to be re-elected for in power in Goa. The BJP won 20
the second term. Party’s other three seats in the 40-member state assem-
chief ministers - Kalyan Singh, Ram bly and reduced Congress to 11 seats.
Prakash Gupta and Rajnath Singh - But AAP registered a historic
could not return to power. victory in Punjab polls by winning a
Yogi Adityanath also demolished three-fourths majority with 92 seats
the perceived “jinx” that was linked - the highest number of seats won
to the visit of incumbent chief min- by any party in the state in over four
ister to Noida. It was assumed that a decades.
chief minister who visits the city is not BJP has secured a majority in
re-elected. The state chief minister’s Manipur, the first time the party has
were seen to avoid a visit to Noida. done so, reducing other parties to
Akhilesh Yadav had skipped Asian single digits.
Development Bank (ADB) summit As the Bharatiya Janata Par-
in Noida during the then Prime Min- ty (BJP) has retained power in four
ister Manmohan Singh as the chief States, Prime Minister Narendra
guest. Akhilesh Yadav had inaugurat- Modi on Thursday said that experts
ed Yamuna Expressway in 2012 from will say today’s election verdict has
Lucknow despite the project running decided the outcome of 2024 Lok
from Greater Noida to Agra. Sabha polls.
Yogi Adiyanath, along with “When we formed government
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had in 2019 (at Centre), ‘experts’ said it
visited Noida for the inauguration of was because of the 2017 victory (in
Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line in 2017. Uttar Pradesh)... I believe the same
The Prime Minister had lauded Yogi ‘experts’ will say that the 2022 elec-
Adiyanath for “dismissing the super- tion result will decide the fate of 2024
stition”. national elections,” PM Modi said
The jinx rumour apparently orig- while addressing party workers from
inated in 1988 after then chief minis- the BJP headquarters in Delhi. As the
ter Veer Bahadur Singh had to step Bharatiya Janata Party is set to form
down a few days after his return from government in Uttar Pradesh, Uttara-
Noida. khand, Goa, and Manipur, PM Modi
As Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath with state president Swatantra Dev Singh cele- said that it is because of the strongly
returned to power with a comfort- brating party’s win in uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, in Lucknow on Thursday (ANI) vindicate BJP’s pro-poor and pro-ac-
able majority for an unprecedented tive governance.
second term in Uttar Pradesh, Yogi “Earlier, the people could not
Adityanath on Thursday said that this reach governments for basic ameni-
victory shows that people have once ties such as electricity, gas and water.
again voted for nationalism and good Several announcements and schemes
governance. were made for the poor, but the ben-
He further said that under the efits of such schemes never reached
leadership of Prime Minister Naren- the poor who deserved and needed it
dra Modi, BJP will be forming govern- seamlessly” he said.
ments in Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Mani- “BJP understands that good gov-
pur, and Uttarakhand. “Everyone had ernance and delivery of such schemes
their eyes on UP, given the vastness of is very important, and we work to en-
the state. I am thankful to the people sure the same,” he added. Calling the
for making us win with the majority. win, “victory 4”, the Prime Minister
Under PM Modi’s leadership we will thanked all voters for participating in
be forming governments in UP, Goa, “the festival of democracy and ensur-
Manipur, and Uttarakhand,” said ing BJP this victory.”
Yogi after winning Uttar Pradesh. While the next general election is
The Chief Minister said that the Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav with Om Prakash Rajbhar addresses a joint press still two years away, the results of five
seven-phase election in the state were conference over the EVM security issue at the party office, in Lucknow (ANI) state assembly elections have definite-
conducted peacefully. “It sets a great ly given a boost to BJP’s chances.

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