PM Has "Tremendous Vigour": Shashi Tharoor Credits Him For UP Polls Win

BJP Wins Election in 4 States!


On Sunday, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Congress Leader calls Pm Modi a man of "tremendous vigor and dynamism" and gave credit to him for the BJP's victory in the recently concluded Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

 

According to the statement he said, "Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a man of tremendous vigour and dynamism and has done some things which are very impressive, especially politically. We did not expect him to win with such great margins but he did," said Mr. Tharoor while interacting with the media at the Jaipur Literature Festival.

 

further,Mr. Tharoor further said that he was surprised over the political analysts describing the UP poll results as a "foregone conclusion", and said that very few predicted BJP's victory until the exit polls came out.

 

"Until the exit polls came out there was no question in my mind that most of the people were expecting a very, very close fight, and some were saying anecdotally that Samajwadi Party was ahead," he said.

 

The assembly elections results were out on 10 March. Where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won elections in four states including the Uttar Pradesh state. The senior BJP leaders from the hill state are likely to meet the party’s top brass on Monday over the formation of the government. Yogi Adityanath is the first Uttar Pradesh CM to be re-elected to office after 37 years.

 

The 15th edition of Jaipur Literature Festival 2022 is taking place from March 5 to March 14 in a hybrid format with its on-ground events from March 10 to March 14 at Clarks Amer, Jaipur, and Rajasthan. 

 

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