New Delhi: Asserting that the DDC poll results in Jammu and Kashmir are a victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "larger narrative" for the union territory, the BJP on Wednesday claimed that the verdict is a "resounding slap" by people on the face of extremists, separatists, terrorists and their patrons.
Law Minister and senior party leader Ravi Shankar Prasad also rejected the contention that the District Development Council poll results are a win for People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), noting that the BJP has emerged as the single largest party and that it has got more votes than the total votes of the National Conference, the PDP and the Congress put together.
The PAGD is an amalgamation of parties, including the NC and the PDP, which have been fiercely opposed to the Modi government's measures like abrogation of Article 370 and scrapping of Jammu and Kashmir''s statehood.
Addressing a press conference, Prasad noted that the BJP has won 74 seats against the NC''s 67, PDP's 27 and the Congress' 26 and claimed that many of 39 independent winners had his party''s support.
The PAGD in total won 110 seats.
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While the BJP put up a strong show in the Jammu region, Prasad noted that lotus, a reference to his party's poll symbol, had bloomed in the Valley as well.