For the last few months, particularly after its relations with the state BJP stooped drastically, the Shiv Sena has been heaping praise on Congress and Rahul Gandhi.
"If what (Patidar leader) Hardik Patel says is true, then the BJP will have to garland EVMs also, besides Modi, for the Gujarat victory," the Sena said.
Modi addressed the BJP Parliamentary group here in which he dedicated the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly election victories to the people of the two states.
Addressing BJP workers at the party headquarters here, he was unsparing in his attack on the Congress and critics who, he said, could not accept his party’s victory in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.
“The Congress party accepts the verdict of the people and congratulates the new governments in both states," Congress president Rahul Gandhi said.
"I assure people of Gujarat and Himachal that we will leave no stone unturned in furthering the development journey and serve the people tirelessly," PM Modi said.
While PM Modi’s whirlwind tour of the state in the last leg is believed to have been the key factor behind the BJP’s winning run, there are ample reasons for Congress to introspect.
Trends at 10 am following six rounds of counting showed BJP leading at 107, the Congress at 71 and others at 4.
Sensex and Nifty recovered after registering sharp opening losses on neck-and-neck fight between Congress and BJP in Gujarat.
Of the 118 seats for which trends were available, the BJP is leading from 75 seats while the Congress is leading on 42, while an independent candidate is leading from one seat.
An aggregate of all nine exit polls conducted in the poll-bound state predicts that the BJP will sweep the elections with a clear majority, claiming victory on 116 seats – one more than they won in 2012.
Exit polls have predicted a clear win for the BJP in both Gujarat and Himachal. However, Congress has ridiculed the predictions, claiming that results will be “surprising”.
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