A govt has got 3rd consecutive term for first time in six decades: PM Modi

NEW DELHI: Unfazed by the Lok Sabha election result, which denied BJP a clear majority, Prime Minister Narendra Modi put up a brave face in his speech on Tuesday evening at the party headquarters here. He announced that after six decades the incumbent dispensation has won a third consecutive term and assured that the coalition will work with more vigour in the next five years to take the nation to new heights.

Expressing his gratitude to BJP and NDA workers as well as the “140 crore people” of the country, the PM said the result is a vindication of the ‘sabka vikas’ mantra of his government. “I would like the influencers and opinion makers to note that since 1962 this is the first time that a government has come to power for a third consecutive term. In states where assembly elections were held, NDA has won grand victories. In Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim, Congress has lost badly and its candidates have lost their deposits in many seats,” Modi said, adding that “a new history has been created”.

BJP has won a majority in the Odisha assembly polls while its ally TDP has won in Andhra Pradesh. “BJP has put in an impressive performance in Odisha and for the first time the land of Lord Jagannath will have a BJP chief minister. We have won a Lok Sabha seat in Kerala for the first time where our workers had struggled for generations,” Modi said.


Telangana has seen BJP doubling its seat tally (from 4 seats in 2019 to 8 this time), the prime minister said. In Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, the party has almost made a clean sweep. “I assure you all that no stone will be left unturned to fulfil the aspirations of the people,” Modi said.

The PM applauded TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu for the victory in Andhra Pradesh and JDU leader Nitish Kumar for the NDA performance in Bihar. Modi did not let go of the occasion to slam his political opponents on governance and corruption. “Recall the period of 2013 which was a period of despondency in the country,” he said, adding that after a decade of NDA rule, the coalition went to the people with the guarantee of good governance. He maintained that fighting “shameless corruption” that has been rampant under non-BJP governments has been an uphill task.