new delhi prime minister narendra modi led bjp to an emphatic win in the lok sabha election crushing challenger congress and other regional rivals under a saffron juggernaut powered by a highvoltage campaign that ran on the themes of nationalism hindutva and welfare schemes for the poorthe results of the election became apparent within a couple of hours of counting on thursday morning with bjp racing to leads in over 200 seats by the end of the day it had won more seats in uttar pradesh than congress did all over the country neither the mahagathbandhan of sp and bsp in up nor regional powerhouses trinamool and bjd could slow bjps march to a record second term in office just like the air strikes on balakot that modi invoked in his poll speeches his campaign flattened opponents who had hoped allegations over the rafale deal and issues of unemployment and farm distress would unseat the prime minister as things turned out congresss chowkidar chor hai campaign found no resonance and was effectively countered by the main bhi chowkidar mobilisation the unambiguous endorsement also marked an ideological triumph over the secular elite after a hardfought duel in which bjp challenged the latters idea of india on issues ranging from sedition and how to handle jk to judicial interference with religious traditions campaign modi was a celebration of his aggressive military retaliation against pakistansponsored terror which the intellectual establishment derided as jingoism as well as an unabashed emphasis of hindu symbols and themes an anathema to the ancien regime in his victory speech at the bjp headquarters on thursday evening modi said the verdict signalled the birth of new indias hopes and aspirations and showed that the political use of secularism had run its course2nd landslide confirms bjps emergence as the principal pole of indian politicsmodi described the 2019 mandate as unprecedented and one which would stun world opinion political pundits will have to forget the formulations of the last century he saidbjp president amit shah said congress had failed to score in 17 states and uts and parties that showed a contempt for the pms hard work had paid a price for their arrogance the verdict was a fitting response to the politics of appeasement and caste and dynasty he added hailing modi as the worlds most popular democratic leader the second landslide for modi confirmed bjps emergence as the principal pole of indian politics and its enthronement as the natural party of governance with the nda alliance crossing 44 of the total votes pollednda numbers rose to around 350 as bjp fulfilled the ab ki baar teen sau par pledge seen by many as more of a rallying cry than a realistic political goal modi defied punditry that bjp would find it hard to repeat its domineering performances in states where it had done very well in 2014 it repeated its sweep of rajasthan gujarat uttarakhand and himachal pradesh and won all seats in madhya pradesh except one it