After second blow to Cong, BJP says Delhi next stop

The big victory in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections is the second major electoral gain for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in less than a week and an elated BJP spokesperson Sushma Swaraj said the downfall of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and the Congress has begun.

"It is 100 per cent on expected lines because the change was very, very evident in Himachal so we knew that BJP is going to form the government and as regards the attribution the total attribution is to the BJP workers and leaders there," Sushma Swaraj replied when asked if the results were on expected lines.

After delivering a second blow to the Congress in a week, BJP leaders warned that the verdicts in Himachal Pradesh and earlier in Gujarat proved the Congress was bound to lose Lok Sabha elections only 18 months away.

Party General Secretary Sushma Swaraj gloated in New Delhi: "The BJP victory is not going to be limited to Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat. These are trailers of the Lok Sabha election."

Arun Jaitley, another BJP general secretary, added: "With the victory in Himachal, the (BJP-led) NDA (National Democratic Alliance) is in power in 10 states. Seven of them are with the BJP alone."

Another party leader, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, said: "Himachal Pradesh will fuel our resurgence at the national level."

Swaraj also rubbished reports that the BJP was a divided house in Himachal.

Courtesy:ibnlive.com
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