Live news: UP results ‘give a glimpse’ of 2024 elections, says PM Modi

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BJP supporters holding cutouts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, celebrate with colours, as the party heads to a landslide victory in UP Assembly elections, at the party office, in Lucknow (Photo: PTI)


Live news updates: The BJP’s victory win in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday “gives a glimpse” of the outcome of the general elections of 2024, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, predicting a third straight term for the party at the Centre. 

“Many people had said that the fate of the 2019 general election was decided when the 2017 UP election result was declared,” Modi told workers at the party headquarters in Delhi. The won four of the five Assembly elections, comprehensively flattening the national opposition party, the Congress, and setting the tone for the general election in 2024.


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