Ally after ally of the BJP — part of the NDA — on Tuesday hailed Narendra Modi. lJP leader Ram Vilas Paswan, who was the first to ally with the BJP in Bihar, said the “miracle” of NDA getting so many seats in the lok Sabha polls was possible only because Modi was projected as the Prime Ministerial candidate.
Describing the electoral verdict as a mandate for development, Paswan said it has exposed those indulging in caste and minorities politics.
Asserting that the country needed a “strong” and “not helpless” Prime Minister, the lJP leader said, “those (countries) who used to dare India, are now hiding like cats” as Modi is going to take charge. While Akali Dal leader Parkash Singh Badal described his party’s association with BJP as “inseparable”, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, said for 25 years, it has just been a struggle for the BJP-led alliance and now “good days have commenced”. He said the responsibility was “not a garland of flowers but a crown of thorns” and it was important to deliver on promises in a time-bound manner.