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In Gujarat, Anandiben Patel and Amit Shah are often described as Modi's "left and right arms".

Akhilesh said that his party was only able to win five seats because the party failed to communicate its achievements to the public.

During his acceptance speech, 63-year-old Narendra Modi broke down in tears.

The meeting was attended by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, cabinet ministers and senior party leaders.

The Cabinet met earlier in the day to pass the resolution for the dissolution of the 15th Lok Sabha.

Singh thanked the people for having accepted him for 10 years and said that his life has been an open book all through his tenure.

With the biggest mandate since 1984, it is the first time since then that a single party has managed to secure majority on its own in the Lok Sabha.

Narendra Modi trounced his Congress rival Madhusudan Mistry by a staggering 5,70,128 votes in Vadodara.

The party which could not even open its account during 2004 Lok Sabha elections, will probably change the map of national politics in Tamil Nadu when the final tally is out on Friday evening.

The KCR-led TRS is leading in 48 Assembly seats and nine Lok Sabha seats. The Congress is leading in just 24 Assembly seats and three Lok Sabha seats. The TDP-BJP alliance is leading in just 11 Assembly seats.

In Amritsar, there is a clash of titans between Congress' Amarinder Singh and BJP's Arun Jaitley.

Rahul's approach to the elections was collegiate, almost as if he was participating in a student council election and not in a LS battle.

There are 12 candidates in Kangra, 10 in Hamirpur, nine in Mandi and seven in Shimla (reserve) constituency.

It is all the more crucial for Oommen Chandy since performance of his ministry has been a prime campaign theme in the state.

Phadanvis said that while ally Shiv Sena was expected to win about 17 seats in Maharashtra, BJP itself could get 19 to 22 seats.

The Prime Minister will hold his last Cabinet meeting on Saturday after which he will go and meet President.