Expectations
BJP’s ‘ally’ in Maharashtra Shiv Sena on Saturday congratulated the BJP for its unprecedented victory in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand assembly elections and said that the Shiv Sena is now hopeful for the construction of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.
"Ram's period of exile has ended. We now hope that Ram temple will be constructed soon in Ayodhya," said Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut.
Sena and BJP, who fought the recently held civic body elections in Mumbai separately, are not at best of the terms as this moment. Moreover, Shiv Sena has also criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his demonetization move.
"The assembly results in five states are out. We welcome the win of BJP. We also congratulate the Prime Minister on this victory," he added.
Referring to the Congress' win in Punjab, Raut said that people have voted for a change wherever there was a credible alternative to the incumbent government.
In an apparent reference to the Samajwadi Party and its ally Congress, which lost the Uttar Pradesh polls to BJP, Raut remarked that those who lost the polls will now realise the importance of Shiv Sena and the manner in which it stopped the Modi wave from entering Mumbai.
"These elections, however, will have no bearing on the politics of Maharashtra. We will talk about the state politics after a week when much of the wave would have subsided and new governments established," Raut said.
The BJP has more than doubled its vote share in Uttar Pradesh to reach 40 per cent since the last assembly election in 2012.
"Ram's period of exile has ended. We now hope that Ram temple will be constructed soon in Ayodhya," said Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut.
Sena and BJP, who fought the recently held civic body elections in Mumbai separately, are not at best of the terms as this moment. Moreover, Shiv Sena has also criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his demonetization move.
"The assembly results in five states are out. We welcome the win of BJP. We also congratulate the Prime Minister on this victory," he added.
Referring to the Congress' win in Punjab, Raut said that people have voted for a change wherever there was a credible alternative to the incumbent government.
In an apparent reference to the Samajwadi Party and its ally Congress, which lost the Uttar Pradesh polls to BJP, Raut remarked that those who lost the polls will now realise the importance of Shiv Sena and the manner in which it stopped the Modi wave from entering Mumbai.
"These elections, however, will have no bearing on the politics of Maharashtra. We will talk about the state politics after a week when much of the wave would have subsided and new governments established," Raut said.
The BJP has more than doubled its vote share in Uttar Pradesh to reach 40 per cent since the last assembly election in 2012.
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