The Modi wave has successfully stormed Amethi and Raebareli, long-time bastions of the Nehru-Gandhi family, with the Congress on Saturday being routed in eight of the 10 Assembly seats there.

The BJP won six seats in Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice-President Rahul Gandhi’s parliamentary constituencies, with another two going to the Samajwadi Party. In what will be an embarrassment to the top echelons of the Congress leadership, the party only managed to eke out two victories in the 10 seats.