Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Wednesday said that the massive mandate in favour of the BJP was the verdict in favour of the policies and programmes of the State Government.
While addressing "Jan Aabhar Rally" at the historic Seri Manch in Mandi, the Chief Minister thanked the people of the state for ensuring historic victory of the BJP in Lok Sabha elections.
He said that the state BJP not only won all the four parliamentary seats, but also made a record by registering landslide victory in all the 68 assembly constituencies of Himachal.
He said that the vote share of the BJP in the state was nearly seventy percent, which was highest in the country.
In the last Lok Sabha elections, BJP got about 15 lakh votes, whereas, in the recently concluded elections, the party got about 32 lakh votes. The credit of this goes to each and every BJP workers of the state, Thakur said.
He also said that the people of the country and the state had made their mind to again handover the reins of the country to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The fifteen month tenure of the present State Government has been full of achievements and accomplishments, he added.
Thakur further said that perturbed by the landslide and unprecedented victory of the BJP, the Congress leaders instead of taking the people’s verdict humbly, are blaming the EVMs for their humiliating defeat. It was surprising that when the Congress succeeded to win in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, the EVMs were fine, but when BJP wins, these leaders blames EVMs for their defeat which speaks of the double standards of the Congress leaders, he added.
The Chief Minister also said that one of the reasons of the humiliating defeat of the Congress was the derogatory and unmindful allegations made by the Congress chief Rahul Gandhi against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The people of the country completed discarded these remarks and voted in favour of the BJP, he said.
He also thanked the Prime Minister for giving place to MP Anurag Thakur in his Cabinet.
Various social, cultural, religious and political organisations felicitated the Chief Minister on the occasion.
State BJP chief Satpal Singh Satti said that these Lok Sabha Election was a battle between two ideologies, one committed for making a strong India and another playing politics of opportunism.
He said that defeat of Congress national president in the Lok Sabha election from Amethi was a verdict of the people against politics of opportunism.