Joe Biden on Saturday defeated Donald Trump in the presidential election to become the 46th president of the United States. Donald Trump meanwhile refused to concede as the President of the country and even threatened the new president-elect of legal challenges. ALSO READ | Joe Biden Elected As The 46th President Of America As Four Day Battle Ends After Pennsylvania Results


“We all know why Joe Biden is rushing to falsely pose as the winner, and why his media allies are trying so hard to help him: they don’t want the truth to be exposed,” Trump said, adding "The simple fact is this election is far from over.”

Trump underlined that states had not yet certified the results, and his campaign has launched multiple legal challenges.

Biden who won the Popular vote and is 14 votes ahead of the magical number of 270, was declared the winner by leading media organizations such as Reuters and NBC group. After which the president-elect has been poured in with best wishes and luck from around the world.

Meanwhile many congratulatory messages poured in for Joe Biden from Indian leaders, including Congress’ Rahul Gandhi and Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti, as he secured his place in the White House on Saturday evening, defeating Donald Trump. Gandhi and Mufti were among the first to wish Biden good luck for the presidency.

“Congratulations to President-elect @JoeBiden. I’m confident that he will unite America and provide it with a strong sense of direction,” Rahul Gandhi tweeted.



Adding to his tweet, Gandhi also mentioned the name of vice-president-elect Kamala Harris and said that her victory makes Indians proud that the first woman to serve as the vice president of the US traces her roots to India.

While former Chief Minister of Kashmir and National Conference chief Omar Abdullah made satire on the defeat of Trump targeting PM Modi.

“To lose Bihar & the White House within days of each other would make for a pretty bad few days,” Abdullah tweeted.

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Commenting further, It’s pretty apt that Trump was at one of his golf courses when the election was called for @JoeBiden considering how much golf he’s played over the last 4 years. Now he’ll have all the time in the world to (play golf),” quoted his tweet.