Crowds, speeches, dancing — glimpses of AAP, BJP celebrations after assembly poll victories
While AAP charted historic victory in Punjab, BJP returned to power in UP, Uttarakhand, Goa & Manipur. ThePrint's Praveen Jain, Manisha Mondal & Suraj Singh Bisht capture the celebration.
Celebrations at BJP headquarters as the party swept elections in the four states of UP, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur Thursday | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint
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New Delhi: It was celebration time in the offices of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Thursday, as assembly election results for the five states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa were announced.
While the AAP charted a landslide, and historic, victory in Punjab, winning 92 of 117 assembly seats in the state, the BJP returned to power in the other four states.
Addressing the media after the verdict was announced, AAP chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said, ” We have been saying this — ‘do not challenge the common man as there is a lot of power in the common people’,”. Kejriwal also congratulated the AAP’s CM candidate Bhagwant Mann.
Meanwhile in UP, Yogi Adityanath won his first assembly election with over one lakh votes. The UP CM had contested from the Gorakhpur (Urban) seat.
PM Narendra Modi addressed party workers at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi Thursday and said that voters had ensured BJP’s four-state assembly election victory.
As celebrations were carried out at the Delhi offices of both the BJP and the AAP, ThePrint’s Praveen Jain, Manisha Mondal and Suraj Singh Bisht were there to capture the moments.
The gathered crowd cheer as PM Modi and BJP President J.P. Nadda enter the party office | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrintThe glow of victory lights up the BJP in the four states of UP, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintPM Modi addresses party workers after the BJP records a sweeping victory in assembly elections in four states | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrintBJP’s four-state election victory is a revalidation of the power of ‘Brand Modi’. A supporter pays homage by holding up a ‘Modi mask’ | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintPM Modi addresses party workers after the announcement of results | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintA BJP supporter dressed up as the Hindu deity Hanuman | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrintPM Modi arrives at the BJP headquarters Thursday | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrintPM Modi with BJP President J.P. Nadda at the party headquarters | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintUnion ministers Anurag Thakur and Smriti Irani cheer as Modi addresses party workers | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintPM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP President J.P. Nadda at the party office | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintDelhi CM Arvind Kejriwal waves at party workers gathered at the AAP office | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrintAAP workers and supporters celebrate the party’s victory in Punjab polls at the AAP office in New Delhi | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrintCelebrations at the AAP office | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrintFrom left to right: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and Environmental minister Gopal Rai at the party office | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrintA young boy dressed up as the AAP’s Punjab CM candidate, Bhagwant Mann | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
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