New Delhi March 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday termed the BJP s performance in Tripura an "ideological victory" and said the message should be spread across the country.
He was addressing a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Parliamentary Party meeting here.
Dismissing the efforts made by some critics to play down the Tripura verdict by calling it a small state Modi laid stress on the significance of the win according to informed sources.
"This is a historic victory " he said.
The BJP and its ally Indigenous People s Front of Tripura got over two-thirds majority in the Left bastion in Assembly elections last week.
Modi also said that party s performance in Tripura along with Nagaland and Meghalaya had energised the party.
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