As election results show big wins for the Bharatiya Janata Party in four states -- Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur -- and a clean sweep for the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab, it was an early Holi for the workers of both parties.
Glimpses of their celebration.
BJP workers celebrate the party's good show in assembly elections, in Bikaner, on Thursday, March 10, 2022. Photograph: PTI Photo
BJP supporters holding party flags celebrate with colours, as the party heads to a landslide victory in UP assembly elections, at the party office, in Lucknow. Photograph: Nand Kumar/PTI Photo
BJP supporters celebrate in Varanasi. Photograph: PTI Photo
BJP supporters holding party flags ride a bulldozer in celebration, at the party office in Ranchi. Photograph: PTI Photo
BJP supporters holding the party flag, celebrate outside the state party headquarters in Kolkata. Photograph: Swapan Mahapatra/PTI Photo
BJP supporters celebrate with flowers at Gallamandi Naubasta, in Kanpur. Photograph: PTI Photo
BJP supporters celebrate with a bulldozer in Gorakhpur. Photograph: PTI Photo
Sanskriti Bachao Manch members celebrate BJP victory in assembly elections, in Bhopal. Photograph: PTI Photo
Aam Aadmi Party supporters celebrate the party's win in the Punjab assembly elections, in Jammu, on Thursday, March 10, 2022. Photograph: PTI Photo
AAP supporters holding brooms, the party's symbol, dance in celebration as the party registers a landslide victory in Punjab elections, in Jalandhar. Photograph: PTI Photo
AAP supporters dance in celebration in Patiala. Photograph: PTI Photo
Supporters of the AAP celebrate with colours in Patna. Photograph: PTI Photo
Aam AAP leader Preeti Menon, with party workers, celebrates their victory in Punjab elections, in Mumbai. Photograph: Shashank Parade/PTI Photo
AAP supporters at party office in New Delhi. Photograph: Manvender Vashist/PTI Photo