BJP's win is proof of people's strong faith in development politics: PM Modi

I salute people of Gujarat for continued trust in BJP. BJP's great win in local polls shows people's strong faith in development politics.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 29, 2016

Congratulations to @BJP4Gujarat Karyakartas, CM @vijayrupanibjp & @jitu_vaghani for their hardwork work across the state.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 29, 2016

Be it the Northeast, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat...BJP has performed very well. I thank the people.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 29, 2016

Reacting to the polls results, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said that the poll results clearly show that extreme steps taken by the Prime Minister, like the surgical strike and demonetisation, have worked.

Union Minister for Human Resource Development Prakash Javedkar also hailed BJP's victory in state civic bypolls and said, "Results of local body polls in Gujarat and Maharashtra show that people of the country support government's fight against black money."

After shinning in the Maharashtra civic polls, the BJP on Tuesday won the municipal and district panchayat elections in Gujarat. Out of 126 municipal and district panchayat seats in 16 districts, the BJP has won 109 seats, gaining 40 seats from the Congress.

The Congress has, however, managed to win only 17 seats.

In Maharashtra, the ruling BJP has made big gains in the first phase of key civic elections winning 851 of 3,705 seats across 147 municipal councils and 17 panchayats. BJP candidates have won in 52 councils where council chiefs were elected directly.

--With ANI inputs