"The aspirations of our middle class are rising. We have to fulfill them," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said while addressing party workers at the BJP headquarter in New Delhi.
BSE Sensex ended in the green on BJP wins in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, up 139 points at 33,601.68, after crashing over 800 points in early trade.
"The credit of this success goes to the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is dedicated to the progress of the country," Raje said.
Though the BJP is set to return to power in the western state, a senior TRS leader saw the electoral verdict as being a setback to the party.
BJP leaders said their party would "retain" power notwithstanding the opposition and the aggressive campaign by the Congress, particularly its new president Rahul Gandhi.
Trends from 181 seats in the state, gave the BJP a lead in over a 100 seats while the Congress was following with 69. The simple majority mark in the 182-member assembly is 92.
Party supporters gathered in large numbers at the office and distributed sweets among themselves.
While Kamal Nath pointed out that Gujarat is a BJP bastion and Shashi Tharoor appreciated the fact that the "journey" had been good,
While senior Union ministers, including Rajnath Singh and Prakash Javadekar, said the polls trends reflect Modi's leadership, party leaders like Sakshi Maharaj attributed the outcome to the Prime Minister's "magic".
The BJP appeared to be on its way to retain power in the state, with trends from 182 seats giving it a lead in 110 while the Congress followed with 67.
The ruling BJP was on Monday set to retain power in Gujarat, with its candidates on the victory lap in 104 of the 182 seats as the Congress again settled for the second place but with an improved showing
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