On Thursday, the BJP party's headquarters wore a festive look with slogans of 'Modi, Modi' rending the air as jubilant workers danced and distributed sweets in celebration. As Lok Sabha election results showed landmark victory for BJP-led NDA, party workers started gathering at the headquarters on Deendayal Upadhyaya Marg atop which the saffron flag fluttered in the air.
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Many BJP supporters burst crackers in front of the HQ, others danced and distributed 'ladoos' and slogans of 'Modi, Modi' and 'Jai Shri Ram' reverberated in the air.
The Bharatiya Janata Party is all set to return to power on Thursday as it led in over 300 seats while the Congress trailed far behind with 50, according to trends released by the Election Commission for all 542 seats that went to polls. Inside the BJP headquarters, the mood was particularly festive as supporters, which came from far and near, joined in the celebrations as cut-outs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah swung in the air.
RSS ideologues and BJP MP Rakesh Sinha hailed the results as a "victory of Modi and his vision" and attributed it to a "silent Modi wave".
"This is is a consolidation of Modi-ism. And, Nehruvism has now been completed replaced by Modi-ism. It is mandated to Modi, his actions and his vision," Sinha told PTI.
As trends continued to trickle in late afternoon, an army of party workers and supports danced in the courtyard, many wearing t-shirts bearing messages like 'NaMo Again', 'Chowkidar Phir Se', 'Phir ek baar Modi Sarkar', offered sweets to each other.
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