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Congratulations to Amit Shah & Smriti Irani on getting elected to RS from Gujarat: Modi
New Delhi: On Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Amit Shah and Smriti Irani for their victory in Gujarat Rajya Sabha poll.
"Congratulations to BJP President @AmitShah & ministerial colleague @smritiirani on getting elected to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat," PM tweeted.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah and Union minister Smriti Irani emerged victorious in the Gujarat Rajya Sabha election. Shah will enter the Parliament as a member for the first time, while Irani will return for a second term. Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel also retained his Rajya Sabha seat by winning 44 votes. Voting for the three Rajya Sabha seats was conducted on Tuesday, wherein the influential political secretary to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, the BJP Chief, Smriti Irani and ex-grand old party cadre Balwantsinh Rajput were in the fray. Patel's win is being considered a major victory for the Congress and a blow for the BJP. "This is not just my victory. It is a defeat of the most blatant use of money power,muscle power and abuse of state machinery," Patel tweeted. Congress had made candidature of Patel as a matter of prestige. The BJP also left no stone unturned to win all the three seats. The saffron pitted Balwantsinh, a recent acquisition from the Congress, against Patel knowing that Patel's defeat will bring huge embarrassment for Sonia Gandhi since he is her political secretary.Congratulations to BJP President @AmitShah & ministerial colleague @smritiirani on getting elected to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 9, 2017
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