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asm, and new resolves.” “People realized that if PM
BJP president JP Nadda said on Modi gets another term, the next at-
Tuesday that it is for the first time tack will be on the Constitution and
an alliance is going to form the gov- democracy of the country. It is for-
ernment at the Centre for the third tunate that the BJP won’t succeed in
consecutive time as he thanked peo- their purpose now,” he added.
ple for supporting the NDA which is As none of the major parties has
poised to win 290 seats in the 2024 received a full majority in the Lok
Lok Sabha elections. Sabha elections with counting almost
Nadda also congratulated Prime coming to an end, the Congress party
Minister Narendra Modi for win- will hold discussions with its allies as
ning the people’s mandate for an- well as “new partners,” party pres-
other term. “After the formation of ident Mallikarjun Kharge said on
the NDA, it’s for the first time in the Tuesday.
history of Indian politics that an alli- He said that the “fight” is not
ance will form a government for the over, and they will continue to work
third time in a row. We are fortunate for people’s rights and protection of
to witness the moment when Modi ji the Constitution and democracy.
will become Prime Minister for the The results reveal a strong per-
third time,” Nadda said while ad- Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Nitin Gadkari during the celebra- formance by the INDIA bloc against
dressing the BJP workers at the party tions as he leads from Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency, in Nagpur on Tuesday (ANI) the incumbent BJP-led NDA. Shiv
headquarters in Delhi on Tuesday. Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut re-
“We all know that be it elections marked that Maharashtra, Uttar
or leading the nation, PM Modi has “This election results are ‘janta ka re- Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo yatra and Pradesh, and West Bengal have or-
always led the country, party, and the sult’. This is the victory of people and Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra formed the chestrated the most significant ‘Khe-
people from the front. I congratulate the democracy. We were saying that foundation of the party’s campaign. la’ of the election.
him,” he added. the fight is Modi vs the people. In the “Congress and the INDIA bloc “There is going to be a change in
Recalling the victory of the 18th Lok Sabha election, we humbly fought the elections positively, gov- the country. We look at this positive-
NDA in the 2014 and 2019 general accept the result. People have not ernment machinery tried to create ly. The exit polls, which were not giv-
elections, the BJP chief said, “We given a full majority to any party. hurdles for us, our accounts were ing us even 100 seats, are today saying
know that the country took a new BJP asked to vote for one person, the frozen, ran cases against our leaders. that the government will be formed.
turn in politics and scripted history mandate has gone against Modi. It is But, still, we continued to raise the The BJP will lose more seats by the
after 2014. Under the leadership of his political and moral loss. The per- issue of farmers, labourers, inflation, evening, and they will fall below 240.
PM Modi, a strong government was son who sought votes on his name, unemployment and misuse of central Now they are calling on everyone to
formed after 2014. This strong gov- it’s a huge loss for him.” agencies. People in huge numbers form the government. Maharashtra,
ernment was again blessed by the peo- The Congress President lauded joined us. Both the yatras of Rahul UP, and West Bengal have done the
ple in 2019. PM Modi’s policies have the party’s campaign and said they Gandhi became the foundation of biggest ‘khela’,” Raut said.
been blessed once again in 2024 and continued to raise the issues of the our campaign. We gave our 5 Nyays “The people of the country have
we are witnessing this historic day.” public such as inflation and unem- and 25 Guarantees into our cam- given a farewell to Narendra Modi.
On the other hand, the Congress ployment. He also said that Rahul paign,” Kharge said. The BJP has not got a majority in
posted a picture of Congress Presi- 2024,” he added.
dent Mallikarjun Kharge, party lead- He further pointed out that peo-
er Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, ple have responded to the BJP, which
and former AICC president Sonia has committed injustice by breaking
Gandhi, posing with the victory sym- the parties of Sharad Pawar and Ud-
bol. It was captioned “Dhanyavad dhav Thackeray. “Wherever Modi
Hindustan.” and Shah have done injustice, they
It also posted a picture of the In- have got the answer from there. Sha-
dian Constitution with Rahul Gand- rad Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray’s
hi in the background, captioned, party was broken in Maharashtra.
“Hindustan ki Janta ki Awaaz – Sam- The people here have given their
vidhan.” answer. If they try to form the gov-
The Congress party welcomed ernment by breaking the people, the
the results of the Lok Sabha elec- people will come out on the streets.
tions, and termed it the “political We will win five seats in Mumbai by
and moral defeat” of Prime Minister this evening,” Sanjay Raut added.
Narendra Modi on whose name the Meanwhile, in an interesting
Bharatiya Janata Party campaign was take, Rashtriya Janata Dal leader
run. This comes after the BJP failed Misa Bharti said Nitish Kumar would
to cross the majority mark on its own. be welcomed into the alliance.”
According to the Election Commis- With the BJP failing to get a
sion of India, BJP is currently ahead clear majority, it will be dependent
on 239 seats. But, the overall tally on leaders like Nitish Kumar and
of the BJP-led National Democratic Chandrababu Naidu for forming the
Alliance (NDA) is close to 300. The government. These two may emerge
majority mark in 272. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses a press conference in New Delhi as the real kingmakers as the ruling
Addressing the press conference on Tuesday (ANI Photo/Shrikant Singh) party faces a reality check after 10
on Tuesday, Mallikarjun Kharge said, years in power.

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