The Gujarat BJP today said the Congress must concede its defeat in the just-concluded polls in the state because voters gave a "clear cut" mandate to the ruling party to form the next government. The BJP's statement came in the wake of assertions by Congress leaders that their party has recorded a moral victory in the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi being felicitated by BJP President Amit Shah and other party members after success in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly election. Pic/ PTI