It was a day for BJP as India’s majority house has won the mega Uttar Pradesh and also Manipur state assembly elections for the second consecutive term.
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s estranged ally Naga People’s Front (NPF), which won and leading in five seats, has indicated to support the saffron party in forming the government.
As per the Election Commission’s result and latest trends, BJP’s another estranged ally National People’s Front (NPF) and Janata Dal (United) secured and leading in nine and six seats respectively, two independent candidates won their seats while another is leading and Kuki People’s Alliance, a local party, won two seats.
Congress who was the main opposition in the state became the single largest party in 2017 by sweeping 28 votes but this time they won only four.
“In consultation with the Prime Minister (Narendra Modi), Home Minister (Amit Shah) and National party President (J.P.Nadda), the strategies and decision to make a coalition government would be decided,” the Chief Minister told the media after offering puja to Shri Shri Govindaji Temple accompanied by BJP’s National Spokesman Sambit Patra.
The state’s Chief Electoral Officer Rajesh Agrawal said there is a three-tier security arrangement in and around the vote counting centres and adjoining areas to avoid any untoward incident.
