Who said what

"Together we grow. Together we prosper. Together we will build a strong and inclusive India. India wins yet again!"

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

"I want to tell our leaders, who won and lost, don't worry, don't lose confidence. We will fight together for our ideology. … It doesn't matter what I think went wrong. Frankly people of India have decided that Modi should be the prime minister, as an Indian person I accept it. "

Congress President Rahul Gandhi

"Today's result is India's mandate against Opposition's propaganda, lies, personal insinuations and baseless politics. It is also people's mandate who have chosen development and nationalism and rejected casteism, dynasty and appeasement".

BJP President Amit Shah

"It is the people's decision and we fully respect it. We congratulate the BJP workers, leaders and Prime Minister Narendra Modi".

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi

"Congratulations to the winners. But all losers are not losers. We have to do a complete review and then we will share our views with you all. "

Trinamool Congress supremo

Mamata Banerjee

"As my lead nears 50,000 with 72% counted, i feel like a batsman who has scored a century while his team has lost! It's a bittersweet emotion I will take some time to reflect on. "

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor