The BJP won one LS seat each in Assam and Madhya Pradesh besides bagging a number of assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Arunachal Pradesh.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said BJP's performance in Parliamentary, Assembly and local polls across India over the last few days illustrates that people want all-round progress and will not tolerate corruption and misgovernance. "Over the last few days we have seen the results of various polls, Parliamentary, Assembly & local polls across India," Modi tweeted. "Be it the Northeast, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat... BJP has performed very well. I thank the people," he added.
He said these results across India "illustrate that people want all-round progress of the nation and will not tolerate corruption and misgovernance." BJP won one Lok Sabha seat each in Assam and Madhya Pradesh besides bagging a number of assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Arunachal Pradesh.
The party also emerged victorious in local bodies polls in Maharashtra and Gujarat. Referring to his home state, the Prime Minister said, "I salute people of Gujarat for continued trust in BJP. BJP's great win in local polls shows people's strong faith in development politics." He congratulated party cadres of the state along with Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and state BJP chief Jitu Vaghani for their hard work across the state.
Modi had yesterday hailed the party's performance in local bodies polls in Maharashtra.
Congratulating the state party unit, Prime Minister Modi also thanked the people of Gujarat for showing faith in the party. ‘Congratulations to @BJP4Gujarat Karyakartas, CM @vijayrupanibjp & @jitu_vaghani for their hardwork work across the state. Over the last few days we have seen the results of various polls, Parliamentary, Assembly & local polls across India. Be it the Northeast, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat...BJP has performed very well. I thank the people,’ he said in a series of tweets.
Reacting to the polls results, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani told ANI that the Poll results clearly show that extreme steps taken by the Prime Minister, like the surgical strike and demonetisation have, worked.
Union Minister for Human Resource Development Prakash Javedkar also hailed BJP's victory in state civic bypolls and said, ‘Results of local body polls in Gujarat and Maharashtra show that people of the country support government's fight against black money.’
After shinning in the Maharashtra civic polls, the BJP on Tuesday won the municipal and district panchayat elections in Gujarat. Out of 126 municipal and district panchayat seats in 16 districts, the BJP has won 109 seats, gaining 40 seats from the Congress.
The Congress has however, managed to win only 17 seats.
In Maharashtra, the ruling BJP has made big gains in the first phase of key civic elections winning 851 of 3,705 seats across 147 municipal councils and 17 panchayats. BJP candidates have won in 52 councils where council chiefs were elected directly.
Nation gave befitting reply to Opposition: BJP
With the opposition now questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s move asking the BJP MPs and MLAs to submit details of their bank account transactions post demonetisation, Union Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday said the nation is giving a befitting reply to those doubting the intentions of the pro-poor government. Talking to the media, Prasad said Prime Minister Modi’s government and he himself came to power to change the country and carry the nation on a development path.
‘I have nothing to comment on the assertions made by the people in the opposition.. As far as the (opposition) criticism is concerned, the people of the country are replying to it. We won in Madhya Pradesh and Assam, our vote percentage improved in Tripura and the BJP performed exceptionally well in Maharashtra. So, we are working and will continue to work for the nation. Our government is dedicated to the poor,’ he said
Countering the opposition’s tirade over Government's new Income Declaration Scheme, he said, ‘It is written in the Indian Constitution as to what is Money Bill and what is not. And after the speaker certifies it, it is called a Money Bill. As far as I know, any change related to the Income Tax is a Money Bill.’
Prime Minister Modi had earlier in the day asked BJP MPs and MLAs to submit details of their bank account transactions between November 8 and December 31 to party president Amit Shah.
Addressing BJP Parliamentary Party meeting in New Delhi today, Prime Minister Modi rejected the allegation that the Income-Tax Amendment Bill tabled in the Lok Sabha yesterday is for converting black money into white.
With inputs from PTI and ANI
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