Yogi Adityanath set to become CM again; ‘2022 results have decided outcome for 2024,’ says PM Modi:

As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Uttar Pradesh, Yogi was set to become the first Chief Minister to return to power in the state after completing a five-year term. And the BJP became the first party to retain power in the state since 1985. In his speech after wrapping up the mandate, Adityanath underscored the key theme behind his party’s repeat win. “The BJP’s double engine government, in the past five years, created an atmosphere of security and gave respect to faith,” he said.

Calling elections a ‘festival of democracy’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked the voters for their mandate in favour of the BJP in Uttar Pradesh and three other states — one he described as “jeet ka chauka”. Stating that the results validate BJP’s pro-poor and proactive governance, Modi added that the festival of Holi has begun with BJP’s win in the assembly polls.