‘Look forward to working together’: PM Modi congratulates Jacinda Ardern for poll win

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated his New Zealand counterpart Jacinda Ardern for securing a second time period in workplace. PM Modi mentioned he seemed ahead to working collectively for taking the bilateral relationship to the next degree.

“My heartiest congratulations to the PM of New Zealand @jacindaardern on her resounding victory. Recall our last meet a year ago and look forward to working together for taking India-NZ relationship to a higher level,” PM Modi mentioned on Twitter.

 

Ardern received a second time period in workplace on Saturday in an election landslide of historic proportions.

Ardern’s liberal Labour Party received 49 per cent of the vote, crushing the conservative National Party, which received 27 per cent. Ardern mentioned the margin of the victory exceeded their expectations.

The Labour Party will now get an outright majority in Parliament, the primary time any get together has achieved that since New Zealand carried out a proportional voting system 24 years in the past. Typically events have shaped alliances to manipulate however this time Labour can go it alone.

A day after successful the second time period, Ardern mentioned on Sunday that she sees the election outcome as an endorsement of her authorities’s efforts to stamp out the coronavirus and reboot the economic system.

Speaking at a restaurant close to her Auckland residence, Ardern mentioned she expects to type a brand new authorities inside three weeks and to prioritise work on the virus response.

“We’re cracking on very quickly with the work we need to do as a new team,” Ardern mentioned.

Ardern’s recognition soared earlier this 12 months after she led a profitable effort to halt the unfold of the virus by implementing a strict lockdown in late March. New Zealand has had fewer than 2,000 instances of the virus together with 25 deaths.