Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said he was overjoyed with the “unprecedented mandate” in Uttar Pradesh, where the BJP today won a staggering victory. “This is very humbling and overwhelming,” PM Modi said in a series of tweets.
PM Modi said he was “overjoyed” with what he described as unprecedented support from all sections of the society.”Every moment of our time, everything we do is for welfare and wellbeing of the people of India. We believe in the power of 125 crore Indians,” PM Modi tweeted.
The BJP is set to win over 300 of the 403 seats in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most important state, and has also won a majority in neighbouring Uttarakhand. Its chief Amit Shah has described it as the biggest election victory ever for any party and said that the verdict is proof PM Modi is the most popular leader since Independence.
In the final stages of the campaign, Amit Shah camped for over a week in Varanasi, PM Modi’s parliamentary constituency and also roped in almost two dozen union ministers. PM Modi was in Varanasi for three days holding road shows in open top vehicles and rallies in the longest campaign by a Prime Minister in his constituency.