 "BJP’s Mahila Morcha workers celebrate the party’s success in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections, in Bhopal on Monday. Photo: PTI")
“Param sukh”, or immense comfort, was how Prime Minister Narendra Modi had described his party’s chances in the Gujarat Assembly poll, at a Diwali get-together with journalists here on October 29. But, the Gujarat election campaign was anything but comfortable for his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
On Monday morning, as election results trickled in and the BJP inched towards the majority mark of 92 in the 182-member Assembly, the PM signalled a victory sign to television cameras and photographers as he entered Parliament to attend the winter session.
All eyes would now be on government formation in Gujarat — whether it reaches
