Once the changes is done, click on the “Save Changes” option to save the changes. Sealing its phenomenal electoral victory with a 300-plus win, the BJP on Friday began discussing the process of government formation while the Congress dealt with the fallout of defeat with a spate of resignations from its top state leaders. Twenty-three people have been killed nationwide since the citizenship law was passed in parliament this month in protests that represent the first major roadblock for Modi’s Hindu nationalist agenda since his party’s landslide re-election in May. Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to Indias streets to call for the revocation of the law. In 2014, the party won 282 seats, the NDA had won 336. Congratulating Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the re-election, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi asked him to "take care of the interests of the country". We want to preserve it,” he said. The election was held amid protests calling for the revocation of the citizenship law, which critics say is the latest effort by Modi’s government to marginalise India’s 200 million Muslims. This massive win is the victory of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's development and the people's trust in him.

Narendra Modi has accused the opposition of pushing the country into a ‘fear psychosis’. Among the southern states, the BJP is ahead on 25 of 28 seats in Karnataka - ruled by the alliance government of the Congress and HD Kumaraswamy's Janata Dal Secular. Also on Tuesday, police stopped Congress party leaders Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi from visiting Meerut, a town in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh where massive clashes took place on Friday between police officers and protesters. While Congress bagged only one Lok Sabha seat and nine assembly seats in Odisha, Patnaik also faced defeat in the assembly polls.

He said it would be a self-declaration exercise, requiring no residential proof, documents or biometric identification. According to results announced by country’s Election Commission late on Monday, the Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP, yielded power to an alliance forged among the opposition Congress party and powerful regional groups in eastern Jharkhand state, where the voting took place this month. The country’s current population is around 1.3 billion. Click on the Menu icon of the browser, it opens up a list of options. It is also ahead in Tamil Nadu, where it is partnering the DMK led by MK Stalin and in Kerala, where it is ahead in 19 of 20 seats. The massive counting exercise began on Thursday morning with early trends establishing the BJP's conclusive lead, making it evident that Modi's message, packaging muscular nationalism, security and Hindu pride, had worked wonders. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The votes were counted and the result declared on 23 May. In … As the debacle led to murmurs about accountability and questions on Rahul Gandhi continuing as Congress president, reports came in of the party's Uttar Pradesh chief Raj Babbar, Odisha Congress president Niranjan Patnaik and Karnataka unit's H K Patil sending in their resignations claiming moral responsibility.

On Tuesday, hundreds of students marched through the streets of New Delhi to Jantar Mantar, an area near parliament designated for protests. BJP chief Amit Shah, the architect of the victory, tweeted: "This victory is India's victory. A dismal showing in the election will not help better the strained ties between the local leaders of the two parties. In Chhattisgarh, it is marginally behind - leading in nine of the state's 11 seats. The "ONEINDIA" word mark and logo are owned by One.in Digitech Media Pvt. But our voices will only grow louder | Amit Chaudhuri. Here click on the “Settings” tab of the Notification option.