Congrats on resounding victory: PM Modi wishes New Zealand counterpart Jacinda Ardern on poll win

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated his New Zealand counterpart Jacinda Ardern for securing a second term in office, and said he looked forward to working together for taking the bilateral relationship to a higher level.

In his tweet, Modi said, "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." Modi added in his tweet.

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. pic.twitter.com/8C4OS1LVMQ

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 18, 2020

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern won a landslide victory in New Zealand's general election Saturday, leveraging success battling Covid-19 to gain an unprecedented outright majority and the chance to implement her reform agenda.

With two thirds of the vote counted, Ardern's centre-left Labour Party was on 49.2 percent and forecast to take around 64 seats in the 120-member parliament.

(Inputs from PTI, AP)