PM Modi dedicates historic Gujarat win to karyakartas; says will keep working for HP

The Prime Minister gave his first official reaction after BJP’s historic win in Gujarat and it’s failure to reverse the the riwaz of “alternate government” in the hill state of Himachal. Taking to Twitter, PM Modi dedicated the landslide victory in Gujarat to the “hardworking karyakartas” of BJP. “To all hardworking Karyakartas I want to say – each of you is a champion! This historic win would never be possible without the exceptional hardwork of our Karyakartas, who are the real strength of our Party,” he tweeted.

PM Modi also expressed that he had turned emotional seeing how voters of Gujarat gave a resounding victory to the party, “Thank you Gujarat. I am overcome with a lot of emotions seeing the phenomenal election results. People blessed politics of development and at the same time expressed a desire that they want this momentum to continue at a greater pace. I bow to Gujarat’s Jan Shakti.”

On Himachal, the Prime Minister said, “I thank the people of Himachal Pradesh for the affection and support for the BJP. We will keep working to fulfil the aspirations of the state and raise people’s issues in the times to come.”

BJP has won 156 seats of the 182 assembly seats in Gujarat, the party’s biggest ever win.

In Himachal the party won 25 seats while Congress won 40 seats.

In Himachal Congress attributed their victory to confining the issues to local matters and not letting national take centre-stage.