Modi government has made history. With a landslide victory, PM Modi enters his second term of governance. BJP government has swept mostly all the states in India. The 2019 Modi surge has been bigger and more far-reaching than in 2014.
PM Narendra Modi took to Twitter to laud the people’s mandate. Expressing gratitude, Modi said, “India wins yet again”.
सबका साथ + सबका विकास + सबका विश्वास = विजयी भारत
Together we grow.
Together we prosper.
Together we will build a strong and inclusive India.
— Chowkidar Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 23, 2019
PM Modi tweeted saying, “सबका साथ + सबका विकास + सबका विश्वास = विजयी भारत. Together we grow. Together we prosper. Together we will build a strong and inclusive India. India wins yet again.”
As per current trends available for 527 constituencies, NDA is leading in over 348 seats, while the UPA is way behind on 99 Lok Sabha seats. Other regional parties have been limited to 108 seats. Among the BJP’s star leaders, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is leading by over 2.5 lakh votes in Varanasi, while BJP President Amit Shah is leading by over 5 lakh votes from Gujarat’s Gandhinagar.
As per the latest data by ECI, BJP has won 2 while leading in 299 seats.
Soon after the counting for the high octane, 2019 Lok Sabha elections began today at 8 am, favourable numbers for BJP started pouring in. BJP workers went into the celebratory mode as soon as NDA crossed the majority mark, BJP workers were seen dancing on dhol beats at the party headquarters in Delhi. Sweets were also distributed by the BJP workers to passersby and motorists.
This has been a thumping victory for the BJP government and a slap on the faces of the pseudo-liberals, Congress friendly media and the opposition parties who for all this while have disparaged Modi and his governance.
Jofra Archer, who has played only 3 ODIs for England has been added in the World Cup squad. England has made 3 changes from their provisional squad.
Jofra Archer, Tom Curran and Liam Dawson have been included while David Willey and Joe Denly have been excluded.
Barbados born Archer who qualified to play for England in March impressed the selectors with his 90 mph bowling speed.
“Archer does bring different things to the squad. We saw that in advance and when he has had an opportunity in an England shirt he has shown what he is capable of,” Ed Smith (National selector) told BBC Sports.
“He’s a special cricketer. He has pace, athleticism, dynamism and he can get you a wicket in any circumstances. There was a broad desire for him to be in the squad.”
“The England players are getting to know Jofra and there is a broad understanding that he brings new things to the team.
“They are enjoying his company and enjoying his cricket. I do not think that is a problem.”
Smith also talked about Willey, who took 52 wickets in 46 matches but couldn’t find a place in the World Cup squad.
“The phone call that I had with him was exactly what you would expect from the outstanding man that he is.
“He was disappointed, extremely dignified and polite. I explained the reasons and he took it in exactly the way that characterizes this one-day side.”
Unlike Junaid and Rayudu, Willey was gracious in his reaction on Twitter:
What can I say, I’m absolutely gutted. Still 100% behind the lads. On a positive…..still winning at life!! pic.twitter.com/h8AAoregxV
“I haven’t worked out how I can bowl so quickly. I just know if you look after your body, your body will look after you.”
England squad: Eoin Morgan (capt), Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Jos Buttler (wk), Tom Curran, Liam Dawson, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, James Vince, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood.
The NDA in Assam is currently leading in 10 seats in Assam while Congress is leading in 1 seat and AIUDF is also set to win only 1 seat. In the run-up to the elections, the opposition parties had relied a lot on campaigning against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, however, it does not appear to have worked at all.
The Congress ploy in Assam was to prevent the consolidation of Hindu votes in favour of the BJP by attempting to divide Bengalis and the Assamese on the basis of ethnicity. Meanwhile, the BJP had been trying consistently to avoid the ethnic minefield and build a consolidation between the communities. Under the enigmatic leadership of Himanta Biswa Sharma, the BJP appears to have registered a spectacular success.
The AIUDF was always going to rely on Muslim votes for its success. There were reports of closet deals between Badruddin Ajmal and the top Congress leadership with obvious backing from the latter’s central core but the state leadership of the Congress was always against it. In the end, the Congress party’s state leadership prevailed, and the formal alliance was avoided. But AIUDF had contested only 3 seats it thought it had chance to win, thereby preventing the division of Muslim votes in other seats between AIUDF and Congress and help Congress party in the elections.
The great victory of the BJP in Assam also indicates that ethnic polarization in the state appears to have become a dead horse. The central leadership of the party and state leaders such as Himanta Biswa Sarma must be congratulated in this regard. As anyone with any knowledge of Assam’s history must be aware, the relationship between Bengali Hindus and Assamese haven’t been too great. However, for now, the communities appear to have buried the horrors of their past.
Not just in Assam, but all over the North East, the Citizenship Amendment Bill doesn’t appear to have harmed the electoral prospects of the BJP at all and the NRC has only helped it. In fact, it looks set to improve upon its tally from 2014, and set to win at least 17 out of 25 seats in the region.
The results also puncture the theory that people of Assam are against the Citizenship Amendment Bill as a whole. Almost all political parties, including BJP allies, had opposed the bill while BJP remained firm on its support for the amendment. BJP leadership was saying that the massive protests against the bill conducted by several organisations didn’t have popular support, and they have proved correct. Congress party had maintained a dual stand on the bill, while Barak valley Congress units were supporting the bill, the Congress leaders in the Brahmaputra valley had opposed the same. But later when the high command took a stand against the bill and Rahul Gandhi gave his support to anti-CAB protesters, the entire state unit was forced to follow the high command line.
Thus, the BJP’s stellar performance in Assam isn’t merely significant in terms of Narendra Modi’s own electoral prospects but also for the cohesion between Bengalis and Assamese in the state.
Narendra Modi is set for the second term as the Prime Minister as BJP is seen crossing the majority mark. The opposition has been crushed by the saffron wave. With a thumping victory in mostly all states, BJP makes successful inroads in West Bengal by leading in 19 seats while TMC leads on 22.
Amidst this soaring victory of Modi-led NDA government, West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee is the first to claim a ‘moral victory’.
Mamata, who has been extremely critical of Modi government, took to Twitter to assure the trailing candidates that all ‘losers are not losers’.
Congratulations to the winners. But all losers are not losers. We have to do a complete review and then we will share our views with you all. Let the counting process be completed fully and the VVPATs matched
Though BJP alone is leading in over 300 seats, Mamata, amusingly still displaying optimism asks the opposition to be patient and let the counting process be completed fully and the VVPATs matched.
Incidentally, Congress’ mouthpiece National Herald had also claimed a ‘moral victory’ and conceded its defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections even before the counting of votes had even started. Against the backdrop of all exit polls claiming that PM Modi will again serve as the Prime Minister, the National Herald today said that even if Modi wins the elections, he will emerge ‘weaker’ and ‘diminished’.
Meanwhile, Mamata Banerjee has always been spewing venom at the Prime Minister on several occasions challenged PM Modi over demonetisation, jobs and economy. Moreover, she had been harbouring dreams of becoming the Prime Minister of the country. However, now her own state is under siege.
The rising popularity of BJP amongst the people of West Bengal, which began last year during the panchayat polls, and kept burgeoning this election season, had left Mamata’s brigade completely baffled. While the TMC chief had left no stone unturned in disparaging the Prime Minister, her goons have been busy discharging their savagery at BJP workers in Bengal. BJP workers have been brutally assaulted and killed and their houses have been torched in the recent past. Despite these blatant efforts, a jump from 2 to 19 for the BJP in five years is a huge achievement.
The BJP, which could not make major inroads in Bengal in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections had in these last five years been instrumental in changing the outlook of people of West Bengal. The 2019 Lok Sabha election mandate shows that Bengal citizens are resolute to shun the atrocities under Mamata’s regime and are ready and willing to accept the Modi government.
Before departing for England where the 2019 World Cup will be played, Indian Cricket team captain Virat Kohli spoke to media about India’s World Cup campaign.
Virat Kohli will be playing his third World Cup, but first as captain. Kohli has scored 587 runs in 17 World Cup matches. India is favourite to win the World Cup.
“This will probably the most challenging World Cup out of all the World Cups I have been part of looking at the format. The focus will be to play the best cricket we can play. If we do that, we will be on the right side of the result every time,” Kohli told the media on Tuesday in Mumbai.
“Try and be as normal as possible. The team which stays more focussed and balanced will progress in the tournament,” he said.
Tons of runs were scored in recent concluded ODI series between England and Pakistan. In all 4 completed matches, both England and Pakistan scored above 300 in each innings. The pitches were flat which made the life of bowlers very difficult. Kohli mentioned the same point in the press conference.
“Pitches are going to be very good in ICC tournaments. A bilateral series compared to a World Cup is very different. A lot of teams will also defend scores like 260 and 270. But there will be a lot of high-scoring games looking at the conditions,” Kohli said.
“In football player maintain their intensity for three-four months, like in the Premier League or La Liga.”
“You can take motivation from anywhere, when you talk about Indian Army, if we can do anything for them, it will be the best,” Kohli added.
Kohli was accompanied by the Indian coach Ravi Shastri. Shastri has high praises for former skipper MS Dhoni, who will be playing his last World Cup.
“MS Dhoni’s role will be massive. His communication with Virat has been fantastic. As a keeper, he has shown there is no one better than him. He will be a big player in this World Cup,” coach Shastri said.
“If we play up to our potential the World Cup will be here,” coach Ravi Shastri said.
After his party faced a humiliating defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Congress leader and the face of Patidar agitation Hardik Patel has claimed that the defeat is not of the Congress party but of people of the country.
Hardik Patel, similar to his party president Rahul Gandhi, attempted to claim some moral victory after his party found struggling to win even 50 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. In a hurry to save his face from the disastrous loss and to save Rahul Gandhi from scrutiny, Hardik Patel resorted to rhetorics rather than accepting the defeat of his party.
Hardik Patel in a tweet claimed that the elections were not a loss of the Congress party but it was a defeat of the education, women and the issues of the people. He went on to claim that it was the defeat of the people of this country and not of the Congress party.
कांग्रेस नहीं…
बेरोज़गारी हारी हैं, शिक्षा हारी हैं, किसान हारा हैं, महिला का सम्मान हारा हैं, आम जनता से जुड़ा हर मुद्दा हारा हैं, एक उम्मीद हारी हैं, सच कहे तो हिंदुस्तान की जनता हारी हैं।कांग्रेस के सभी कार्यकर्ता की लड़ाई को सलाम करता हूँ।लड़ेंगे और जीतेंगे।जय हिंद
Further, Hardik Patel also attempted to absolve Congress president Rahul Gandhi from the defeat by claiming that Rahul Gandhi had honestly fought the elections by being the voice of the people.
Interestingly, Hardik Patel was earlier barred from contesting the Lok Sabha elections, as the Gujarat High Court refused to stay his conviction in a case of rioting.
The BJP is sweeping Gujarat, leading in all 26 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state. BJP chief Amit Shah is leading from Gandhinagar by a historic margin.
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Controversial journalist Rana Ayyub who is known for her unbridled hatred towards Narendra Modi and Amit Shah couldn’t hide her frustration as the results suggest unprecedented victory to the saffron party. Rana took to Twitter to express her disappointment at the opposition’s abject surrender to the BJP.
And Congress seems to be on the same digits as 2014. This is no longer about introspection, this is complete decimation. Rafale, NYAY, hug diplomacy, media interviews, nothing worked on the ground. Too little, too late.
Lamenting on Twitter, Rana posted a series of tweets questioning the Congress incompetence against the robust BJP election machinery. she bemoaned that nothing worked for Congress in this election campaign as their numbers remained close to the 2014 digits, reflecting utter decimation for the principal opposition party.
Rana also seemed evidently disgruntled with the Congress’ failure to cash in on the issues purportedly tormenting the country. Rana couldn’t fathom the fact that the BJP still managed to comfortably sail through the required numbers of seats to form a government despite the country being allegedly racked with a number of issues.
Despite unemployment being at an all time high, lack of economic reforms, agrarian distress, A prime minister who claims to have used email in the 80’s, conflates physics with his cloud radar theory, appoints a candidate charged with terror and glorifies Godse. BJP wins majority
Perhaps, the trigger for Rana’s meltdown must have been the prospect of Sadhvi Pragya becoming an MP. Rana levelled unsubstantiated allegations against Sadhvi Pragya who was wrongly accused of ‘Hindu terror’, concocted by Congress and incarcerated based on flimsy charges. Sadhvi Pragya who fought from the Bhopal constituency is currently leading on the seat.
Charged under UAPA for Malegaon blasts that killed muslims, called Nathuram Godse a hero, Pragya Thakur, a member of Abhinav Bharat, proponent of Hindu Rashtra is all set to enter the Indian parliament as our MP. You could not have been more explicit than this my country.
Liberals like Rana Ayyub couldn’t bring themselves to the fact that in spite of their concerted attempts to build a case for the anti-Modi government, the population of the country has rejected their propaganda and once again elected Modi back to power.
‘National leader’ Shri Prakash Raj who has been hogging the limelight and one of the top candidates of Lutyen Media Party of India (hint: not an actual party) has managed to get 25000 odd votes in a constituency of 10+Lakh polled votes.
Prakash Raj till exit polls had been made to seem so big by Lutyens as if he is going to go straight to being one of the top 89 PM candidates of Mahagathbandhan but he has managed to finally poll 2.36% votes and stood a distant 3rd In Bangalore central Constituency where BJP’s P C Mohan polled 595939 votes.
He had some days ago dismissed Exit polls based on his unmatched political acumen
NDTV even managed to get BJP’s Tejasvi Surya (who fought and won from Bangalore South) to debate with Comrade Prakash Raj.
Here’s how the final tally looks like.
Congratulations to NDTV and Prakash Raj for the moral victory and best wishes for his 2024 PM candidature.
The bulk of leftist controlled international media has always been hell-bent on projecting India as a land of backward, poor, snake charmers. The fact that the world has been changing under their wrinkled-up noses while they keep pontificating from ivory towers has somehow not registered with most of leftist, colonialist media, be it in India or abroad.
The New York Times, in particular, has been constantly, incessantly indulging in anti-India bashing. As a BJP government, which they term as a ‘Hindu nationalist’ government had taken charge in 2014, NYT had just upped their hate India quotient by several notches. From fake narratives about ‘Muslims in fear’ to dismissive, hateful articles on India’s culture, traditions and customs, they have done all they could to further their narrative against our country.
Even as counting for the Lok Sabha elections started earlier today, just take a look at how they have served the news:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, one of the most powerful and divisive leaders India has produced in decades, appeared headed for another 5-year term, according to preliminary results https://t.co/YtbXFVhMcU
PM Modi, the Prime Minister who has brought in the world’s largest health care scheme for the poor, has provided millions of women with free cooking gas, has ensured India surges ahead in infrastructure, technology, foreign investment, economic reforms and what not, is defined as ‘India’s most divisive leader’ by NYT.
The media outlet does not even bother to acknowledge that Modi’s win means that India, that had been divided and torn over regionalism, casteism, hooliganism for decades had voted overwhelmingly for development and nationalism. Modi’s win proves that India has discarded the shackles of dynasty politics, caste politics and regionalism that had been winning in past elections by pitching neighbour against neighbour, community against community and state against state. Modi’s win thumps the arrival of a unified, assertive and proud India that has finally learnt to bury its faultlines and look forward into the future.
In its attempts to malign India and the NDA’s ‘Hindu nationalist’ government, NYT has left no stones unturned. When India achieved the rare feat of a successful Mars mission in its maiden attempt, NYT had published a cartoon where a poor man ‘India’ in Dhoti Kurta, holding the rope of his cow, knocking at the doors of ‘Elite Space Club’.
NY Times cartoon after India’s Mangalyaan
This year, India added another feather to its hat. The India that NYT had mocked as a poor brown man knocking at the doors of the world’s ‘Elite Space Club’ shot down a satellite at the lower earth orbit with phenomenal precision, becoming not just a member of the ‘elite club’ but a space superpower.
NYT, which rushes in to brand random crimes as ‘Muslims under attack in India’, had presented the news as ‘Modi says that India shot down a satellite’, peddling a sense of disbelief and doubt.
In the case of the Kathua rape and murder that was lapped up by the leftists and was incessantly peddled as a case of Hindu atrocity on Muslims, NYT had published articles blaming the majority community, blatantly ignoring the countless reports that pointed towards a larger conspiracy against the accused. From Hindu lawyers to Hindu housewives, NYT had been in a hurry to put the blame squarely on ‘Hindus of India’, like the pseudo-liberals and their ecosystem.
When one looks at their past reports on India, a distinguished pattern emerges. Issues, data, facts notwithstanding, NYT only loves to malign India. A tax department raid on the promoters of NDTV and NYT comes up with an editorial titled ‘India’s Battered Free Press’. Then in November 2017, NYT hits another level, they run an op-ed on how the Saree, India’s widely popular female attire is in fact, a ‘Tool of Hindu Nationalist Campaign’. Mahindra and Mahindra opens a manufacturing plant in the US and NYT start the same old condescension, totally ignoring the fact that Mahindra has a significant presence in their country already.
No just India’s present, NYT had attacked India’s past too. They have even criticised India’s freedom struggle. From insulting the victims of the Godhra massacre to enabling the bogey of Hindu terror, NYT has done it all.
NYT’s hatred for India stems partly from the inherent colonialistic culture that never stops looking down at the “poor unwashed Indians” and partly from the leftist elitism that holds every aspect of an indigenous civilisation as backward.
So, when India chooses a government that not only accepts but proudly asserts its Indic culture, civilisation and Hindu beliefs, when India shreds the old bondage of caste, community and social faultlines that have been used as sticks by the likes of NYT to beat us down with, when India gives a thumping, unprecedented, overwhelming victory to a man who has made every single Indian feel proud of their nation, identity and heritage, the NYT’s heartburn is expected.
India has arrived dear NYT, and India is here to stay. Deal with it.
4:20 PM Smriti Irani has polled 208484 votes while Rahul Gandhi has polled 189280 taking the lead to 19204 making the chances of Congress dynasty Scion’s retaining his 2019 lok sabha seat, bleaker.
from 14558 earlier. Still narrow but getting better.
3 PM:
Smriti Irani has extended the lead to 14558 votes from 3717 earlier, with close to 50% votes counted so far going in her favour in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh. The current vote share stands at 138160 for Smriti and 123602 for Rahul Gandhi.
Here’s the EC data as of 3 PM.
1:30 PM
At the tightly contested Amethi seat of Uttar Pradesh, at 1.30 P.M, Smriti Irani leads Rahul Gandhi by a narrow lead of 3717 votes. Smriti so far as 70015 votes while Rahul Gandhi has 70015 votes. In 2014 Lok Sabha Elections Rahul Gandhi polled 4,08,651 votes with a vote share percentage of 46.71 while Smriti Irani had 3,00,748 polled with a vote share of 34.38.
1,784 NOTA votes were cast in 2014 Vs 697 in this election so far till the 3rd round of vote counting in Amethi seat.
Detailed data as per the Election commission of India is as follows: An interesting point to note for Amethi constituency is that if Smriti Irani does end up winning this tight contest, Sidhu has announced he will quit politics.
