‘Maha, Haryana have reposed trust in BJP’
Thanking people of Maharashtra and Haryana for reposing faith in the BJP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday praised both the incumbent chief ministers — Devendra Fadnavis and Mahohar Lal Khattar.
Asserting that the BJP led governments in both states will work even harder in the next five years to serve them, Mr Modi said while governments often lose power after five years, it is “remarkable” that the BJP have been given a fresh mandate for five years in both states. The BJP’s tally, howvere, decreased in both states as compared to last Assembly polls.
While addressing the BJP workers at the party headquarters, Mr Modi described the party’s performance in Haryana,where it failed even to get simple majority, as “unprecedented”. He also said that the party’s vote share went up to 36 per cent from 33 per cent in 2014.
Congratulating Mr Khattar and Mr
Fadnavis, the Prime Minister said the Khattar government took along all sections of society while his Maharashtra counterpart ran an untainted administration and became the first Maharashtra chief minister in 50 years to complete term.
Mr Modi said both the chief ministers had no prior administrative experience when they took over in 2014 but the people “have put their stamp of approval on the works on these chief ministers”.
Recalling his organisational work in Haryana, Mr Modi said the BJP
would often fight elections as a junior partner of one party or another in the state and considered itself lucky if it crossed even 10 seats in assembly polls before 2014. Noting that it used to be a junior partner to Shiv Sena in Maharashtra before 2014, Mr Modi said the BJP-run states work “seamlessly” to implement central schemes while the oppositionruled states are busier in renaming them.
Earlier, BJP president Amit Shah hailed the mandate and said the party has won the first round of elections in the Modi 2.0 government.