The BJP’s lotus bloomed again in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand while AAP’s broom swept away opponents in Punjab as elections results for five states were declared today. On a day when Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP steamrolled its opponents to score a landslide win in Punjab, smashing the stubborn historical barrier that has hitherto restricted regional parties to their home ground, it was the BJP-led Modi that dwarfed the field elsewhere, its pre-eminence stamped starker than ever before. Stay with Times of India to get all the live updates on Assembly Election results of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa.