Several International Leaders Congratulate Narendra Modi

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Several international leaders congratulated Shri Narendra Modi as the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance is all set for a historic win. The trends are showing that NDA is leading in 334 out of 542 Lok Sabha seats.

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the election results reaffirmed Modi’s leadership. “Congratulations, my friend Narendra Modi, on your impressive election victory!” he tweeted. “The election results further reaffirm your leadership of the world’s largest democracy. Together we will continue to strengthen the great friendship between India & Israel. Well done, my friend!”

Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulated Modi. In his letter, Xi said he is looking forward to work with Modi. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe also congratulated Modi over phone. Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory telegram to Modi.

Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih also congratulated Modi. “It is a strong affirmation of the Indian people’s confidence in the BJP/led government,” he tweeted. “I look forward to closer and enhanced ties of Maldives-India cooperation.”

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani said his government was looking forward to expanding cooperation between the two democracies.

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena congratulated Modi on people endorsing his leadership once again. “Sri Lanka looks forward to continuing the warm and constructive relationship with India in the future,” he tweeted.

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli congratulated Modi for “landslide election victory” in the Lok Sabha polls. “I wish all success ahead,” he said. “I look forward to working closely with you.”

BJP candidates have comfortable leads in all the seven seats in Delhi

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The Bhartiya Janta Party is leading in all the seven parliamentary constituencies of Delhi, pushing Congress heavyweights like Smt Sheila Dikshit and Shri Ajay Maken towards defeat.
As per the Election Commission website, all BJP candidates have comfortable leads in all the seven seats ensuring victory for the party.
In North East Delhi, the sitting MP and chief of Delhi BJP unit, Manoj Tiwari, is leading by over 2.5 lakh votes against the three-time former chief minister Sheila Dikshit.
Cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir of BJP is leading by over 1.5 lakh votes in East Delhi, leaving behind Arvinder Singh Lovely of Congress and Atishi .

Nitin Gadkari thanked everyone for victory

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Union Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari thanked everyone for a BJP victory. He said “There was a hatred in 2014 towards the then government because of all the scams,” said Nitin Gadkari. “So, then they had hope on Modi government,” he said. “But in the last 5 years, people have seen the work and the development,”.

BJP Leads on 18 Seats in West Bengal

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Five years ago, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won just two seats in West Bengal in the Lok Sabha Elections 2014. However, the multiple roadshows and rallies by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and BJP president Shri Amit Shah seem to have worked the magic in the state. BJP is leading in 18 out of 42 seats in the state while All India Trinamool Congress is leading in 22 .

BJP has been targeting 23 seats out of 42 in West Bengal in the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. Early trends suggest that they are gradually moving towards that goal.

K. Chandrashekhar Rao Congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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Telangana Chief Minister Shri K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Thursday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the landslide electoral victory of the National Democratic Alliance in the Lok Sabha election under the leadership of the BJP. Shri Rao, who is the chief of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), hoped that under the leadership of Modi the country will progress further and march ahead. KCR, as Rao is popularly known, also expressed his happiness on the YSR Congress Party’s “great” victory in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly election.

BJP ahead on both the seats of Tripura

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The BJP is leading in both the Lok Sabha seats in Tripura as per initial trends. BJP candidate Shri Pratima Bhoumik of the West Tripura Lok Sabha seat has taken a comfortable lead of 1,22,865 votes against her nearest Congress rival Shri Subal Bhowmik, an election official said. In the East Tripura Lok Sabha seat, BJP candidate Rebati Tripura is leading by 1,08,983 votes against his nearest Congress rival Maharaj Kumari Pragya Deb Burman, the officials added.

BJP-Sena Leads on 44 Seats in Maharashtra

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The BJP-Shiv Sena combine was ahead in 44 of the 48 Lok Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra, appeared to have got an unassailable lead in around half a dozen seats, as per trends are available so far. The BJP was ahead in 24 seats and the Sena in 20, while the NCP was ahead in three and the AIMIM in one seat. Senior BJP leaders and Union ministers Shri Nitin Gadkari and Shri Subhash Bhamre were leading in Nagpur and Dhule seats respectively. All Congress candidates, including former Union minister Shri Sushilkumar Shinde, state president Shri Ashok Chavan and Mumbai unit chief Shri Milind Deora, were trailing in their seats. BJP’s Shri Sujay Vikhe Patil established a lead of 87,287 votes over his NCP rival Shri Sangram Jagtap in Ahmednagar. The BJP nominee, son of Congress leader Shri Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, quit the Rahul Gandhi-led party to join the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.

BJP parliamentary board likely to meet in the evening

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With the BJP set to return to power, its parliamentary board is expected to meet Thursday evening at the party headquarters where Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi is likely to make a speech. Top party leaders, including BJP president Shri Amit Shah and some senior Union ministers besides Modi, are members of the parliamentary board, its highest decision making body. The board is likely to pass a resolution to thank voters for their support and also hailing Modi’s leadership. The prime minister is also expected to address party workers.

Modiji is now all set to build a New India: Rajnath Singh

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“Spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP national president Amit Shah over the phone and congratulated them for BJP-led NDA’s stupendous victory in these Lok Sabha Elections. This historic victory in the General Elections is the outcome of Modiji’s visionary leadership, Amit Shahji’s dynamism and the hard work of millions of  BJP karyakartas on the ground. I thank the people of India for once again giving a decisive mandate to BJP-led NDA and reposing faith in Narendra Modi’s astute leadership and his vision of New India. Modiji is now all set to build a New India,” Union minister Rajnath Singh wrote on Twitter.

Omar Abdullah Congratulated PM Modi and Amit Shah

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Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah Twitted that “So the exit polls were correct. All that’s left is to congratulate the BJP and NDA for a stellar performance. Credit where credit is due PM Modi Sahib and Amit Shah put together a winning alliance and a very professional campaign. Bring on the next five years,”.

Development process to be in harmony with preservation of nature: Vice Prez Naidu

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Vice President Shri Venkaiah Naidu has said, preservation of nature and culture is the only way to ensure a sustainable future. He was participating in the International Day of Biodiversity celebrations organized by the National Biodiversity Authority in Chennai .

Shri Naidu observed that inclusive growth contributes immensely to preservation of nature. He urged for the development process to be in harmony with preservation of nature.

The Vice President noted that nature plays a critical role in providing food, energy, medicines and genetic resources. He took pride in the fact that India has a long tradition of frugality and simple living. However, he noted that symbiotic relationship of man with nature gets debilitated as societies develop.

The Vice President said deforestation, urbanization, industrialization, and pollution lead to loss of trees at an unbelievable pace.

He said the forest cover in India stands at 21% against global standard of 33.3%. He underscored that the average abundance of native species in most land-based habitats has fallen by at least 20%, mostly since 1900.

He added, more than 40% of amphibian species, almost 33% of reef-forming corals and more than a third of all marine mammals are threatened. Shri Naidu asked for diversification of food crops and to ensure nutrition security.

Supreme Court rejects petition on verifying all votes with VVPAT

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The Supreme Court dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking 100 per cent matching of voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) slips with electronic voting machines (EVMs) during the counting of general election votes on May 23.

A vacation bench of justices Arun Mishra and MR Shah refused to entertain the PIL on the ground that a larger bench, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi, had already dealt with the matter. The PIL was filed by a Chennai-based organisation, Tech 4 All.

“The CJI has dealt with this matter. Why are you taking [a] chance before a two-judge vacation bench? We will not list any such case for urgent hearing. We cannot override the CJI’s order… This is nonsense,” justice Mishra said, refusing an urgent hearing on the matter. Before dismissing the PIL, the bench observed: “We would not entertain such a plea over and over again… can’t come in the way of people electing their representatives. Let the country elect its government.”

On May 7, the CJI’s bench had dismissed a review plea filed by 21 opposition leaders, led by Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, to increase the random matching of VVPAT slips with EVMs to 50%.