The BJP won a historic mandate in Delhi polls, returning to power in the national capital after 27 years by ending over 10 years rule of Aam Aadmi Party with several AAP leaders including former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, ex-Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, three-time MLA Somnath Bharti losing
The Bharatiya Janata Party won a historic mandate in Delhi polls on Saturday, returning to power in the national capital after 27 years by ousting Aam Aadmi Party with several AAP leaders including former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal losing from their strongholds.
"Arvind Kejriwal's ideas are communist...He never cared for the people of Delhi...To hide his shortcomings, he blamed Haryana...The people of Haryana will never mix poison in the water...BJP's double-engine government will work for the development of Delhi..." Saini said speaking to the medi
The EC data shows that the BJP candidate got 30,088 votes, whereas the AAP chief got 25,999 votes while Congress' Sandeep Dikshit, also contesting from the same seat, showed a dismal performance, getting only 4,568 votes.
Speaking to ANI, Puri stated, "They (AAP) tried to fool the people of Delhi for 10 years and did not even give the people what they could have given. AAP will disintegrate in its current form because the control is with Kejriwal. You ask Atishi, how much freedom to make decisions she has."
"It was very obvious from all the meetings that people wanted change. They voted for change. My congratulations to those who won. For the rest of us it just means that we have to work harder, stay on the ground and be responsive to the peoples' issues," said Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
After trends projected BJP's win in the Delhi assembly elections, BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Saturday stated that Delhi's residents have spoken with their votes against AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal's unkept promises and corruption.
The former Chief Minister also highlighted the work done by AAP in the field of health, education, and infrastructure over the past decade, reaffirming that his party would play a "constructive role" in opposition while serving the people.
Maliwal's remarks are a veiled reference to the assault case, wherein she alleged AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal's personal aide, Bibhav Kumar of 'assaulting' her at the then CM's residence.
After BJP candidate Parvesh Verma is leading in the New Delhi assembly constituency after 12 out of 13 rounds of counting, surpassing AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal, Verma's family expressed their joy, with his wife, Swati Singh Verma, saying that the victory shows the trust people
"...the biggest reason that we won and the 'AAP-da' that was imposed on Delhi, the kind of corruption, the kind of false promises, the kind of fights they had every day, there was no name for development. People wanted to change this and our lakhs of workers were working hard for months,"