Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday thanked the people of Uttar Pradesh for the BJP’s “historic victory” in the just concluded Assembly polls to the state and termed it a win for development and good governance ~ “Vikas aur sushasan ki jeet”. 

“I thank the people of Uttar Pradesh from the bottom my heart. This is a historic victory of the BJP and a victory of development and good governance,” Modi said in a series of tweets on the outcome of elections in the five states of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa and Manipur. He termed the party’s victory in Uttarakhand as a special one and assured the people of the party’s commitment to work for their well-being. 

Modi thanked the people of Goa and Manipur, where the party claims that it would be able to form government. “I thank the people of Goa & Manipur for their support to BJP. We will always work for the wellbeing of these states,” he tweeted 

The Prime Minister attributed the BJP’s victories to party president Amit Shah and party state units and BJP workers’ exemplary work. “Amit Shah, party office bearers & state units for their exemplary work in taking the party to new heights,” Modi tweeted. 

"I salute the hardwork of BJP Karyakartas. They have tirelessly worked hard at the grassroots level & won the confidence of the people…Am overjoyed that BJP has received unprecedented support from all sections of society. Huge support from the youth is gladdening," he said. 

Modi also thanked Congress president Rahul Gandhi for his congratulatory tweet on the party’s victory. He congratulated Congress leader Captain Amrinder Singh for his party’s victory in Punjab even as he thanked the people of the state for allowing the party and its alliance to govern the state for ten years.   

Making a special mention about the people of Varanasi, his Lok Sabha constituency, Modi said as a MP from the area he is overwhelmed by the affection bestowed on him by the people of Varanasi.  

Later addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters, Amit Shah claimed the party’s victory in Uttar Pradesh was “unprecedented” and ‘biggest ever victory after Independence’ since the formation of Uttarakhand, carved out of UP. 

He said it is a victory of PM Narendra Modi’s development initiative and showed people’s rock solid support for his demonetisation policy. He said people have given a ‘karara jawab’ (befitting reply) to the Opposition attack against Modi and the BJP.  

Shah said his party would be able to form the government in Goa and Manipur by virtue of the party’s showing. He thanked the people of Uttar Pradesh for giving the BJP and its allies ‘a historic mandate’ which he claimed would give a new direction to the Indian polity. 

The BJP will organise a function at the party headquarters on Sunday to felicitate Modi over BJP’s victory. Thereafter, the BJP parliamentary board would meet to decide on the party’s chief ministerial candidates. Amit Shah said the victory in UP would give the party an edge in the Rajya Sabha.