Ahmedabad: A beaming Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday thanked the “55 million Gujaratis” for BJP's thumping win in the Assembly elections and termed his victory as a “positive vote”.
Fresh from his impressive electoral victory, Modi attacked the Congress saying the party instead of accepting the people's mandate has decided to carry on a campaign against him.
Addressing a public meeting in his Maninagar constituency, he cautioned that "people who have not been able to digest BJP's victory" will try to create hurdles in the state's progress.
“Instead of accepting the people's mandate, the Congress has already declared that they will continue with their anti-Modi campaign," Modi said adding, "I pray to God to give them strength.”
“The people of Gujarat felt that the development work happening in the state should not be stopped. They felt that hurdles should not be created in the state's progress and so they voted for the BJP,” he said.
Meanwhile, Modi may have won the election but he is still up for a fight with the Elections Commission (EC).
“We expect the EC to be non-controversial and fair. But they issued one notice to an Indian and another one to a foreigner. One decision for a Gujarati and another one for a foreigner. I believe we still have a colonial temperament,” Modi said.
The Chief Minister assured the people of Maninagar that once he assumes office for a new term he will not do anything for which the people of the constituency will have to be ashamed of.
Terming the electoral victory "as a golden moment for the BJP", Modi said "apart from (Left-ruled) West Bengal, no party has been able to continuously remain in power in any state for long".
"Since 1990, we (the BJP) have won five times in Gujarat," he said and thanked the people of Maninagar for electing him with a margin of over 86,000 votes.
"Though, I campaigned for just 25 minutes in Maninagar, the people of Maninagar supported me and fought the elections on my behalf,” Modi added.
“In Maninagar, Narendra Modi had no role in the victory because it was the people who fought for me,” Modi said.
He said that in earlier elections Maninagar witnessed just 23 per cent voting but this year the turnout was as high as 61 per cent.
Modi attributed the party's win to the people of the state and the hard work put in by BJP workers.
"This victory is the result of the sweat and hard work that you have put in," he told his party workers. The BJP leader also asked the people to be "humble" in their victory.
Earlier on Sunday evening, Modi, dressed in a saffron attire, addressed a gathering of BJP workers at the party office in Khanpur, Gujarat.
“A ‘vijay sabha’ (victory ceremony) will be held at the party office on Monday to celebrate the victory. I will talk to you in detail then," Modi told the gathering even as his supporters chanted his name and appealed to him to continue his speech.
A festive atmosphere prevailed at the BJP office during the entire day. The workers burst crackers, threw colours and waved BJP flags as the news of the poll victory poured in.
The workers, who had turned out in large numbers at the party office, danced and distributed sweets.
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