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Published 11:41 IST, May 24th 2019

PM Narendra Modi and Amit Shah visit BJP founding fathers LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi the day after election victory, seek their blessings

A day after BJP led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah won the majority in the Lok Sabha elections 2019 consecutively for the second time, both the PM and the BJP chief went to seek blessings from BJP founder LK Advani and party patriarch Murli Manohar Joshi. 

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A day after BJP led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah won the majority in the Lok Sabha elections 2019 consecutively for the second time, both the PM and the BJP chief went to seek blessings from BJP founder LK Advani and party patriarch Murli Manohar Joshi. 

As both the leaders went to visit the patriarchs of the BJP, PM took to Twitter to thank Advani. He said that it was because of his efforts that the party has come such a long way. He also met Joshi and said that he is the one who has mentored many party workers including him. He also added that his contribution to improving Indian education is remarkable.

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Here is his tweet:

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Speaking to media after meeting Modi and Shah, Murli Manohar Joshi expressed his happiness in the massive victory of the party. 

"We talk about party works every time, our blessings are always there. I hope they can go ahead with more power. Both of them worked very well. We made the party, now our plant is giving fruit. And the country finds the fruit tasty. Party should deliver at all cost and in every way possible."

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He also reiterated Modi's belief that country needs ''mazboot sarkar". 

 

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On May 23, NDA won 350 seats in the Parliament and became the first non-Congress party to reach such a mark, consecutively in a row after 2014.

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