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A big wave of support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi has propelled his Bharatiya Janata Party to an insurmountable lead in assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, setting the stage for the party’s near-domination of politics in India.

Midday counting trends show the BJP leading in 305 of the state’s 403 seats, leaving the Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance way behind at 71 seats. The Bahujan Samaj Party, once a dominant power, faces decimation.

Kejriwal lost in Punjab because of his wrong intentions: Sidhu

“We will have to raise Punjab with policy… People expect that we will push Punjab on the path of progress… Kejriwal lost because his intentions were wrong,” says Navjot Singh Sidhu. The AAP wooed and then shooed away former BJP leader Navjot Singh Sidhu who took away with him MLAs Navjot Kaur and Pargat Singh.

“This is the revival of the Congress, it is just the beginning. The Congress will spread from here.”

Harish Rawat loses in Haridwar (Rural), a BJP bastion

Harish Rawat loses in Haridwar (Rural), a BJP bastion. Charges of the corruption and autocratic working style against Rawat were the issues raised by the BJP in the two-month long campaign in Uttarakhand.