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Election Results 2014: Lalu Yadav, the Man Who Won't Congratulate Narendra Modi

 Narendra Modi, set to be India's next prime minister, will receive no congratulations from one man - Lalu Yadav. 

"I can't offer congratulations to Modi. I am not an opportunist," the Bihar politician declared.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was among the first rivals to wish Mr Modi as trends emerging from the counting of votes for the national election showed a BJP sweep.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, who had sparred with the BJP leader during the campaign, also offered her congratulations.

Lalu Yadav, who has always been one of Mr Modi's fiercest critics, had last month controversially taken Mamata Banerjee's cue to compare the Gujarat Chief Minister to a "butcher".

"Even a butcher is ashamed of Narendra Modi. Should this person become the PM of India?" he said.

Lalu, head of the Rashtriya Janata Dal or RJD, contested the election in Bihar in alliance with the Congress, which has been routed across the country.

The RJD leader has suffered embarrassment on his home turf with his wife Rabri Devi and daughter Misa Bharti both losing in Saran and Pataliputra. He had worked hard in these constituencies as these were prestige battles for him.

Mr Yadav had won from Saran in 2009, but was defeated in Pataliputra by Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal-United.

He did not contest this time as his conviction in a corruption case meant he cannot fight elections for a few years.

WATCH BJP's Win Makes up for my Defeat - Arun Jaitley to NDTV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg9Epc8KGow

In an interview to NDTV's Barkha Dutt, Arun Jaitley expresses disappointment at his defeat from Amritsar but says the sheer delight at BJP's victory makes up for the loss.

Election Results 2014: Disappointed With Results in Delhi, Admits Arvind Kejriwal

After being decisively beaten byNarendra Modi in Varanasi, Arvind Kejriwal, chief of the Aam Aadmi Party or AAP, said today that he is disappointed with his party's result in Delhi, where it did not win a single of the seven parliamentary seats. (India Decides 2014: Track Live Results Here)

In December, Mr Kejriwal's fledgling party forged a result strong enough to keep the BJP from coming to power in the Delhi state election. Mr Kejriwal led a minority government, but resigned after just 49 days, a decision that he later described as a political miscalculation. (Arvind Kejriwal resigns as Chief Minister over Jan Lokpal Bill: 10 developments)

He took on the BJP's prime ministerial candidate in the holy city of Varanasi. "We had no money or resources," he said. But his combat with Mr Modi turned Varanasi into the most hotly contested territory of the national election. Some questioned the wisdom of Mr Kejriwal entering wilfully into what was seen largely as a symbolic fight in an election that was lionized by Mr Modi's big-bang, high-tech campaign. (Narendra Modi, Arvind Kejriwal Locked in Blockbuster Battle in Varanasi)

While Mr Kejriwal promised to continue with AAP's declared war on corruption, Mr Modi asked voters to elect him because he will recharge the economy and create jobs.   

In Punjab, the AAP has four of the 13 parliamentary seats, an impressive debut for the party's first election here. 

"The prospect of four seats in Punjab is unexpected. Our job is to provide a platform to a country that wants to drive change," the former tax inspector said.