New Delhi:
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who today won a record second term in India’s most politically important state, celebrated his great triumph with holi colors and sweets at the BJP’s office in Lucknow.
It was a sea of saffron as Yogi Adityanath waved victory signs at hundreds of BJP workers gathered at the party office, many waved the party’s flag. Before the vote count, the BJP had promised “early holi” celebrations.
“Led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP today won a majority in Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur. Voters voted Modi-you‘s policy of development and good governance,” the Chief Minister told the ecstatic crowd.
Today’s win catapults saffron-wearing Yogi Adityanath even higher, into the BJP’s highest rung.
The victory defied predictions of anti-incumbency to hit the BJP in UP amid a devastating wave of Covid and the farmers’ protests.
Many predict that Yogi Adityanath, 49, who is known to be divisive, could one day become prime minister.