Many leaders attributed the success to the strategy of senior leaders like Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and his deputy Lal Kishenchand Advani. The strategy of fighting the elections on issues of development and governance paid off.

BJP general secretary, Prakash Javdedkar declared that future elections would be decided by the 'B.S.P' (bijlee, sadak, pani) factor.

BJP president Venkaiah Naidu offers sweets to Vajpayee and Advani.