Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday tweeted promising to build an inclusive India calling his party’s win as the collective victory of India.
Reacting for the first time, Modi wrote, “Everyone’s support+everyone’s development+everyone’s confidence= Winner India. Together we grow. Together we prosper. Together we will build a strong and inclusive India. India wins yet again! #VijayiBharat.”
सबका साथ + सबका विकास + सबका विश्वास = विजयी भारत
Together we grow.
Together we prosper.
Together we will build a strong and inclusive India.
India wins yet again! #VijayiBharat
— Chowkidar Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 23, 2019
Modi was set to win his Varanasi seat by more than three lakh votes. In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP was expected to win nearly 60 seats despite opposition parties, SP, BSP and RLD, putting up a united front.
Foreign heads of state have started to congratulate Modi on his remarkable win. Afghan President Ashrag Ghani tweeted, “Congratulations to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a strong mandate from the people of India. The government & the people of Afghanistan look forward to expanding cooperation between our two democracies.”
King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck also congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a telephonic conversation, reported ANI. The news agency also reported that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin had sent a congratulatory telegram to Modi in connection “with the convincing victory of the BJP at the general parliamentary elections.
Among other world leaders congratulating Modi included China’s President Xi Jinping, Japanese PM Shinzo Abe and Nepalese PM KP Sharma Oli.