Poll results victory for UPA: PM

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the assembly election results in five states was a victory for the UPA coalition and secular forces in the
country.

"This elections is a victory for secular forces, and this is victory for the upa," a smiling Singh said here as poll results put Congress ahead of opposition parties in Assam, and party's coalition partners set to form governments in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and West Bengal.

He said he has already congratulated the Chief Ministers of West Bengal and Assam, Buddhadeb Bhattacharya and Tarun Gogoi, and DMK chief M Karunanidhi for the victory.

The Prime Minister said he will also congratulate Congress chief Sonia Gandhi for her "magnificient and glorious victory" in the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha by-election.