"We accept the mandate, but this fight will continue": AAP MP Malvinder Kang on Delhi poll defeat

New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party MP Malvinder Singh Kang on Monday said that the party accepts the mandate of the Delhi elections but emphasized that their fight will continue. He added that on February 11, party chief Arvind Kejriwal will hold an "organizational meeting" with Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and party leaders to strategize for the future after AAP's defeat in the Delhi Assembly elections.
Speaking to ANI, Kang said, "We accept the mandate of Delhi. We did our best in the last 10 years to make Delhi better and give a good government, and this fight will continue."
On the purpose of the meeting, Kang said, "A party is a continuous process. Feedback from all party units is being taken to form the future strategy... Tomorrow, under the leadership of Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, Punjab MLAs will have a meeting with Arvind Kejriwal. It is an organisational meeting to prepare the next strategy."
According to the sources, the meeting will focus on analysing the Delhi election results and preparations for the upcoming Punjab elections in 2027.
This came after the AAP suffered a massive setback, securing only 22 seats--a huge drop from its previous tally of 62 in 2020 polls, while the BJP won a historic mandate on February 8, Saturday, returning to power in the national capital after 27 years by winning 48 seats in the 70-member Delhi assembly.
Earlier on Sunday, Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa claimed that over 30 AAP legislators in Punjab are in touch with the Congress and ready to switch sides.
He also targeted the AAP over Delhi election results and said that the party tasted a humiliating defeat in Delhi.
"With this defeat, a regime of deceitfulness, lies and hollow promises has ended. The AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal once said, "If I am corrupt, people wouldn't vote for me." Now he has lost his own seat. Does that mean that the people of Delhi consider him corrupt?" he said.
Bajwa continued his attack and said that the people of Punjab have also seen the real face of the so-called Kattar Imaandar party.
"Kejriwal and Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann made lofty promises in Punjab to befool Punjabis and garner their votes in 2022. The @AAP Punjab has yet to provide Rs 1000 pm to women. It failed to raise Rs 20,000 crore from mining," he highlighted.
The Congress leader also mentioned that the Punjab government led by CM Bhagwant Mann remained inefficient in taking action against its corrupt ministers and leaders.
"The Mann government will meet the same fate in 2027. Delhi's results point towards the beginning of AAP's end," Partap Singh Bajwa said. (ANI)