Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Manoj Tiwari and Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva hugged and celebrated as the party looked set to form a government in Delhi after 27 years.
Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate Chandrabhan Paswan thanked the people of Milkipur after securing a historic victory in the Assembly bypoll against Samajwadi Party's Ajit Prasad by a margin of 61,710 votes.
Union Minister for Women and Child Development Annapurna Devi on Saturday congratulated the people of Delhi on the BJP's victory, calling it a "historic win." She said the result was a reflection of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's guarantee.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday lauded the Bharatiya Janata Party's victory in the Milkipur byelection in Ayodhya district of Uttar Pradesh and said every section has voted for the party in large numbers.
Anna Hazare must have got some relief from pain, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday, following the defeat of Aam Aadmi Party in the Delhi Assembly election, adding that he has been "bearing the pain of the misdeeds of these people for a long time."
"At one point in time, the law and order problem remained in Uttar Pradesh. The major challenge was for women. Dimaagi bukhaar (encephalitis) wreaked havoc. However, we worked with determination to resolve it," PM Modi said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday attacked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over allegations of corruption against its leaders, saying that all links of such charges will be probed and those who "looted" money will have to return it.
The BJP won the assembly election by a comfortable margin today, winning 48 out of 70 assembly seats. The AAP saw a dismal performance this time, winning only 22 seats, a far cry from their 2020 performance, where they won 62 seats.
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
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday thanked people of Delhi for their support to BJP in assembly polls and said they are feeling relief on making the national capital "AAP-da free".
"BJP gave a huge responsibility to Satish. Malviya Nagar's condition had deteriorated and we were assured that the people here will vote for BJP... Now development will speed up in Delhi... I thank PM Modi for showing faith in all of the party's candidates," Aarti Upadhyay told ANI.