“This is good as it shows that the regional parties will have a larger role to play in the national politics in the times to come”, Thackeray said here on Tuesday.
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Talking about his meeting with Modi yesterday, Sonowal said the Prime Minister has asked everyone to work honestly for development of all sections of the society. For the Congress, it is that the party must do something drastic at its seniormost national leadership level to revive its fortunes.
BJPs Kishore Nath defeated Independent candidate Misbahul Islam Laskar by the lowest margin of only 42 seats in Borkhola which was represented by controversial Congress MLA Rumi Nath in the outgoing assembly and she was relegated to the third position.
The consolation prize: Puducherry, a union territory with a 30-seat assembly which it won in an alliance with Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.
“Assam is the first northeastern state to be controlled by the BJP, whose traditional power base is in Hindi-speaking north, central and west India”.
In the 126-member Assam Assembly, BJP won 24 seats and was leading in 38 (total 62), AGP won 6 and was leading in 8 (total 14) and BPF won 7 and was leading in 4 seats (total 11). While Sonia and Rahul Gandhi called for introspection in the face of defeat, senior leaders like Digvijay Singh wondered if that was going to be enough to revive the party’s fortunes.
The BJP state unit also extended its congratulations to the people of West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Pondicherry for electing few BJP members in their respective elections.
With BJP becoming a major player in Assam and winning 10% vote share in West Bengal and Kerala where it won 5 and one seat respectively has expanded the party’s footprint across the country, especially in north-east and south.
“The BJP ousted the Congress to register a win in Assam”. As for Assam, the party should have seen the debacle coming after its pathetic performance in the 2014 Lok Sabha election and the growing dissent within the State Congress ranks, leading to the departure of an influential leader, Himanta Biswa Sarma – who joined the BJP and played a key role in the party’s win.
It was a similar story for the saffron party in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, Assembly poll results for which were declared Thursday.
Congress will closely watch how BJP fulfils its poll promises like providing 25 lakh jobs, giving salaries to government staff on time amidst financial constraints and solving the age-old illegal immigration issue, Bora said.
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Now, recently, on this thurday BJP had made a huge success in bengal. AIADMK has won one seat.
