People won't tolerate graft: Indian PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said the BJP's performance in parliamentary, assembly and local polls across India over the last few days illustrates that people want all-round progress and will not tolerate corruption and misgovernance.

"Over the last few days we have seen the results of various polls, parliamentary, assembly & local polls across India," Modi tweeted.

"Be it the Northeast, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat ... BJP has performed very well. I thank the people," he added.

He said these results across India "illustrate that people want all-round progress of the nation and will not tolerate corruption and misgovernance."

BJP won one Lok Sabha seat each in Assam and Madhya Pradesh besides bagging a number of assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Arunachal Pradesh.

The party also emerged victorious in local bodies polls in Maharashtra and Gujarat.

Referring to his home state, the Prime Minister said, "I salute people of Gujarat for continued trust in BJP. BJP's great win in local polls shows people's strong faith in development politics."

He congratulated party cadres of the state along with Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and state BJP chief Jitu Vaghani for their hard work across the state.

Modi had on Monday hailed the party's performance in local bodies polls in Maharashtra.

Modi yesterday asked BJP MPs and MLAs to submit details of their bank account transactions between November 8 and December 31 to party President Amit Shah.

November 8 was when PM Modi announced that the old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes would be scrapped at midnight, and December 31 comes a day after the deadline for depositing demonetised notes in bank accounts.

The PM's instructions came at a BJP Parliamentary meeting, following allegations by opposition parties that the BJP had tipped off some of its own leaders ahead of the demonetisation announcement.