Subhrangshu Roy says he will be able to ‘breathe freely’

Suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Subhrangshu Roy said he would join the Bharatiya Janata Party within a few days, a “new innings” in which he will be able to “breath freely”. Read More
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Congress’s Anil Shastri says ‘chowkidar chor hai’ backfired on party

Senior Congress leader and former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri’s son Anil Shastri blamed his own party for the “excessive negative campaign” against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Read More
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Mayawati says ‘BJP hijacked the election with help of EVMs’

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati blamed the BJP of “hijacking the national election with the help of EVMs”, after the leads indicated a clear majority for the ruling party. Read More
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Praksah Raj accepts his defeat, says ‘solid slap on my face’

After losing his first election from the Bengaluru central constituency in Karnataka, actor-turned-politician Prakash Raj accepted his defeat. Read More
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Narendra Modi says People of the country have filled the ‘Fakir's jholi’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the victory is that of people and democracy who rose over every division to exercise their franchise in the true spirit of 21st century India. Read More
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Kejriwal congratulates Modi, says he accepts people’s mandate

Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal after losing all the seven Delhi Lok Sabha constituencies said he accepted the people’s mandate. Read More
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Smriti Irani says ‘It's a new morning in Amethi’

While expressing happiness after her win against Congress president Rahul Gandhi in his bastion, Union minister Smriti Irani said it’s a “new morning” for Amethi. Read More
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Jay Panda says BJP is open to working with other parties

BJP vice-president Jay Panda said the Bhartiya Janata Party is interested to work with other parties if they want to join NDA seeing the national mood, which the exit poll show is in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's favour. Read More
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Naqvi says questioning EVMs is ‘discrediting democracy’

Senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi assailed all the opposition parties including the Congress for raising questions over tampering of EVM. He said the opposition parties want to “discredit” democracy as they are unable to digest “defeat of the dynasty”. Read More
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Surjewala says EC wants to set a new precedent of ‘dark secrets’

Senior Congress leader and spokesman Randeep Singh Surjewala slammed the election commission and termed as “constitutional travesty” the EC's rejection of Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa's demand Read More
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