"The presence of charismatic personality like Prime Minister Narendra Modi and strategic planner like Amit Shah made even the Herculean task quite easy. We were only supposed to implement their schemes," Vijaywargiya, who holds Urban Administration and Development portfolio in Madhya Pradesh government, told reporters here last night after returning from Haryana.
BJP came out with flying colours in Haryana, wresting it from Congress by lapping up 47 seats in the 90-member House. BJP's challengers the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) and Congress decimated to 19 seats and 15 seats, respectively.
Vijaywargiya said that BJP workers, especially from Madhya Pradesh, worked hard to get BJP the massive mandate.
When asked about the situation in neighbouring Maharashtra where BJP has emerged as the single largest party but fell short of clinching majority in 288-member House, Vijaywargiya said the party's base and seats have doubled there.
Parrying a query on whether his name is in reckoning for chief minister of Madhya Pradesh in future, Vijaywargiya said, "The biggest post in an organisation is that of a party worker and I take a lot of pride in remaining as BJP worker.
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