Updated On: 22 June, 2019 10:51 AM IST | | mid-day online desk
The Defence Minister took the opportunity to praise the soldiers for enhancing the pride of the country.

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday visited his constituency, Lucknow, where he said that BJP's thumping win in the elections was a "huge thing" as the party's vote share increased despite the SP-BSP alliance. BJP got re-elected to Parliament with a massive mandate in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections.
While addressing an event in Lucknow, Singh said, "After SP-BSP alliance in Uttar Pradesh, even senior leaders used to think, we (BJP) will only get 10-15 seats and not 72. But even after staying in power for five years, there was no anti-incumbency. On the contrary, there was pro-incumbency. BJP's vote share increased."