In Gujarat, the oath-taking ceremony of the new BJP government will be held on Monday. State party President C R Patil announced this at party headquarters in Gandhinagar today as the BJP is all set to retain power for the record 7th time.
As per the latest report, BJP won 61 assembly seats and led in 96 seats in the 182 members’ assembly. The Congress won 6 seats and led in 10 seats. In 2017, Congress won 77 seats. The Aam Aadmi Party is leading in 5 seats.
All prominent faces of the ruling BJP including Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and his several ministers including Harsh Sanghavi. Jitubhai Vaghani, Raghav Ji Patel, and Rushikesh Patel are leading or already won their respective seats. From Congress, Arjun Morvadhia and Imran Khedawala won their seats. AAP candidates are leading in Gariadhar, Dediapada and Jamjodhpur seats. However, AAP’s Chief Minister Candidate Isudan Gadhvi is trailing from Khambhalia.
Our Correspondent reports that celebrations have already begun at the BJP’s state headquarters ‘Kamalam’ in Gandhinagar. Talking to newspersons in party headquarter, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and state Party President C R Patil thanked the voters of the state for keeping faith in the BJP.
In 2017, BJP won 99 seats while Congress got 77 seats in the 182 members’ assembly. The party has been in power since 1995.
BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda has said that the party’s victory in the Gujarat Assembly Polls shows people’s faith in its policies. In a tweet, Mr. Nadda congratulated Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, the party’s state chief C.R. Patil and other party workers following BJP’s victory in the state assembly polls. He said the state has set new records of development under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership in the last two decades. Mr. Nadda added, as a result, the people of Gujarat have blessed the party with a new record victory.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has congratulated the people of Gujarat for voting in high numbers for the Bhartiya Janta Party. He also congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah for their efforts in developing the state and earning the confidence of voters.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has congratulated the people of Gujarat for ensuring BJP’s record-breaking win. Addressing a press conference in Mumbai this afternoon, Mr. Fadnavis said the unprecedented win has proved that there was no anti-incumbency despite the party being in power for the last 27 years.
On the Himachal results, Mr. Fadnavis said the party has received 42 percent votes, just one percent less than Congress.
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