2 youths lost in Utter Pradesh while 4 losing in Gujarat: Yogi Adityanath

New Delhi, December 18: Reacting on the Gujarat results, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said in UP assembly elections two youth Rahul and Akhilesh had lost while in Gujarat four youth Rahul Gandhi, Hardik Patel, Jignesh Mevani and Alpesh Thakor were the losers.

“The ship of Congress continues to sink with Rahul Gandhi’s negative politics. It was positivity of BJP’s development in Gujarat which witnessed a commendable victory for the saffron party under Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” said UP CM Yogi Adityanath.

Just over three hours into the counting of votes for the Gujarat Assembly elections, the BJP can finally breathe easy as they extend their lead comfortably to around 105 seats for the 182-seat Assembly.

An hour into the counting of votes, the Congress had suddenly gained on the BJP and at one stage even overtook the them as markets fell over 850 points as BJP was staring at a possible defeat. But after 45 very nervous minutes for the BJP, the fortunes turned around for the party in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state.