After BJP's massive victory in the Lok Sabha polls, its leader Sushma Swaraj today credited it to the hard labour of party workers, the blessings of RSS and the "able leadership" of Narendra Modi.
"We receive this mandate of people of India with humility and gratitude. This victory is the result of hard labour of millions of BJP karyakartas, blessings of Sangha and able leadership of Shri Narendra Modi," she said on Twitter.
She had earlier said it was purely a BJP victory as it got a majority of its own but ducked questions on her ministerial berth, saying it is the prerogative of the Prime Minister to form his own Cabinet.
"This is a pure BJP victory. Although we have the numbers to form the government of our own without any pressures but we will form a government together with our allies," Swaraj said.
To questions on her joining the Modi government, she termed them as "hypothetical" saying such queries were "premature".
"Such questions are hypothetical. It is the prerogative of the Prime Minister to form his own Cabinet and certain decisions are collectively taken by the Parliamentary Board. Thus such questions are premature," she told reporters when asked about her joining the Cabinet.
There are reports of her being miffed over not being offered a Cabinet berth of her choice and is reported to have told the BJP leadership that she be given a position according to her stature.
She is keen to get one of the key ministries among the top four - Home, Defence, External Affairs or Finance.
