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Election Results 2017: Fresh paint on Modi's pro-poor image

Shah pointed out the voters in UP had stepped out of the Hindu-Muslim matrix

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Amit Shah

Last Updated : Mar 12 2017 | 2:08 AM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Saturday attributed his party’s spectacular performance, particularly in Uttar Pradesh, home to India’s largest number of the poor, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s welfare agenda.

He said the landslide victory was a vindication of demonetisation, with the poor supporting the government. The victory will push the government to punish the corrupt. A visible and public pursuit of tax evaders is almost certainly on the cards. Shah also said he had no problem with people calling the results a referendum on demonetisation.

The party believes it has managed to shed its image of

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