GUJARAT ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 2012

Internal sabotage and squabbling has emerged as one of the major factors behind the Congress party's poor show in the Gujarat assembly polls.

The BJP today said its top leaders will attend the oath-taking ceremony of Narendra Modi as Gujarat Chief Minister on December 26.

The chorus among Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi’s supporters for a national role for him after his third straight victory in the assembly elections has not evoked a favourable response from within the BJP-led NDA or any other non-Congress party. HT reports.

Had the BJP cadre worked a little harder, the party could have notched up 16 more seats it lost by narrow margins, a closer scrutiny of the numbers show. Abhijit Patnaik and Mahesh Langa report.

Narendra Modi's hat trick win and prime ministerial aspirations found echoes in the foreign media on Friday while New Delhi played down the West's isolation of Modi and the changing stance now.

True, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi has scored a hat-trick, winning 115 seats, but his performance in his native north Gujarat has been quite poor.

Muslims comprise 9% of Gujarat's 60 mn people, but when it comes to representation in the Assembly, only 2 of them were elected to the 182-seat House this time. Abhijit Patnaik and Prasad Nichenametla report. GPP hit Cong, BJP fortunes | Modi thanks Maninagar

The verdict in the Gujarat elections has showed once again that the state of entrepreneurs prefers a bipolar polity. There is little place for a third party.

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi today thanked the voters of Maninagar for electing him for the third consecutive time.

Bihar leader makes no comment on his Gujarat counterpart's record victory in Assembly elections. Bihar BJP president C P Thakur says he can't understand why Nitish can't wish Modi.

Gujarat CM Narendra Modi led his party to a tally of 115 seats in the 182-seat assembly, just a couple short of its 2007 tally and considered a significant achievement in the face of organised opposition and rebellion within his own ranks. Rajesh Mahapatra & Mahesh Langa report. How Modi did it yet again | No cheering in the ghettos | How exit polls got it right

Narendra Modi, who posted a resounding victory in the assembly elections, will be sworn in as Gujarat chief minister for the fourth time on December 26.