It is victory of development: Smriti Irani on BJP lead in polls

18 Dec 2017 Evaluate

As Bharatiya Janata Party is looking set to form governments in both Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, union minister Smriti Irani said the election results were the victory of development. She credited PM Narendra Modi and both workers for the success in the assembly polls.

The Information and Broadcasting Minister said that ‘it is a matter of happiness for us, this is the victory of development’. When asked about the tough competition by the Congress in the assembly elections, Irani quipped that ‘jo jeeta wohi sikandar’ (The one who wins is the emperor).

BJP, in Gujarat, was leading in 100 seats, well past the halfway mark of 92 and in the hill state of Himachal Pradesh, it was ahead in 43 out of 68 seats.

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