DEHRADUN: BJP today scored a massive victory in Uttarakhand winning 56 of the 70 seats in the State to storm to power, reducing Congress to minuscule minority in the State Assembly with a poor tally of 11 seats.
Two seats went to Independents while counting in one seat is still underway.
It is for the first time in the 16-year history of Uttarakhand that a party has emerged with an impressive tally like this.
BJP leaders attributed it to the Narendra Modi wave and a strong anti-incumbency against Harish Rawat who lost both the seats he contested.
“While a strong Modi wave worked in our favour, there was a palpable anti-incumbency factor in the wake of corruption touching a new low under Harish Rawat,” Pradesh BJP spokesman Munna Singh Chauhan who himself came out with flying colours from Vikasnagar in Dehradun told reporters. (AGENCIES)
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