Elated by BJP’s resounding victory in the Lok Sabha elections, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said the results reflected defeat of negativity emanating from dynastic politics and victory of development and nationalistic politics.
“The results are clear indication that people no longer want negative politics of caste and dynasty. They want basic facilities and they voted for development in this election,” Yogi told a select group of reporters at his official residence here on Thursday.
He said the BJP leaders talked about development and nationalism in their election campaigns and the people liked it.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi had given the slogan of ‘Abki baar 300 paar’ and the people voted en bloc to fulfil the dream of Modi and the BJP,” the Chief Minister said.
“We won because of the leadership shown by Prime Minister Modi and the political strategy adopted by party’s national president Amit Shah. Millions of BJP workers worked tirelessly to ensure that the plan made by Modi and Shah was implemented to the T at the ground level. This is the success of the team BJP,” the Chief Minister said.
Yogi was one of the star campaigners of the party. He was the most sought after and addressed a series of rallies across the country. His prestige was at stake in Gorakhpur from where he was elected MP five times but had lost the seat in the by-election in 2018. He ensured that his protégé Ravi Kishan sails through comfortably.
When asked about the mahagathbandhan, the Chief Minister said that no one could take the voters for a ride any more. “The alert voters have rejected the mahagathbandhan’ (grand alliance) of opposition parties. It is high time for the opposition to introspect and shun politics of negativity,” he said.
Yogi said that this result had dispelled the myth that votes could be transferred on one command. “The political leaders should now realise that people will vote for only that party which will work at the ground level,” he added.
Claiming that Prime Minister Modi had worked during his five-year term for development of the country and for enhancing the infrastructure, Yogi said. “The country’s globally improved image also gave a boost to the BJP’s election prospect while the counter-terrorism action also gave a political advantage to the party,” he said.
