Former PM HD Devegowda congratulates PM Modi on 'big victory'
Bengaluru: Former PM HD Devegowda on Thursday evening congratulated PM Narendra Modi on his ‘big victory’ in the general elections where the latter managed to secure history numbers to come back to the power.
Devegowda, who lost to BJP candidate Basavaraj G S from Tumkuru constituency thanked the voters, leaders and party workers of both Congress and JD(S) in a tweet.
He also vowed to continue the work towards the betterment of the society and added that it will ‘never stop’.
The JD(S) supremo then congratulated all the elected MPs and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the saffron party’s victory which will see them come back to power with nearly 350 seats of NDA.
I thank the voters, leaders, party workers of both @JanataDal_S & @INCIndia and everyone who supported me.
— H D Devegowda (@H_D_Devegowda) May 23, 2019
Our work towards betterment of the society will never stop.
Congratulations to all the elected MPs.
Congratulations to @narendramodi on the big victory.
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AIADMK chief Palaniswami holds meeting with party MLAs from TN at pvt resort in Pondy
Puducherry (PTI): AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday held a meeting with the newly elected MLAs from Tamil Nadu at a private resort near Ariyankuppam on the outskirts of Puducherry.
Nearly 40 legislators were present at the meeting, which lasted nearly one hour.
Party sources said that Palaniswami asked the MLAs-elect to remain united and be patient.
"Good things will emerge and hence you should all remain united and patient in the resort in the next couple of days," he told the MLAs.
The development comes amid TVK's attempts to secure a majority in the 234-member strong Tamil Nadu Assembly. The Congress party, which has 5 MLAs, has already extended support to the TVK.
In the TN Assembly election, the TVK has won 108 seats, the DMK 59, AIADMK 47, Congress 5, PMK 4, IUML 2, CPI 2, CPI-M 2, and the VCK 2. The BJP, DMDK and AMMK have got 1 seat each.
TVK is five short of the required 118 MLAs to form its first government in Tamil Nadu.
Puducherry AIADMK state secretary and lone MLA A Anbalagan, along with party functionaries received Palaniswami at the resort.
