Celebrations and cheers broke out outside BJP offices in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh as the party raced ahead of the Congress, trends at midday showed. In Chhattisgarh, the Congress had a firm lead, according to early trends.
Several political parties in India criticized the BJP for celebrating the success of the G20 Summit while security personnel were being killed by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir. The Congress party called Prime Minister Narendra Modi "insensitive" for not postponing the celebrations. Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate expressed her disappointment and shared pictures of the welcome ceremony at the BJP headquarters.
Slamming the BJP for organising a grand welcome ceremony for PM Modi, RJD leader Manoj Jha said, "On a day when our Jawans were martyred, we were also watching celebrations at the BJP office. The nation was watching both visuals together." An Army colonel commanding a battalion, a major of a unit and a deputy superintendent of Jammu and Kashmir Police were killed in a gunfight with terrorists in the higher reaches of Kokorenag area in the south of the valley on Wednesday. An army jawan was also killed.