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COVER STORY FEBRUARY 14, 2025 | The Indian Eye 4

BJP WINS DELHI

BACK WITH

A BANG

The Bhartiya Janata Party returns to power after 27 years. AAP’s big guns fail to

fire. Congress fails to open its account. The results are historic for the people of
Delhi – and for the ruling party led by PM Narendra Modi

OUR BUREAU
New Delhi
n a historic mandate, the Bharati-
ya Janata Party won in Delhi polls
Ion Saturday, returning to power
in the national capital after 27 years
by ousting Aam Aadmi Party with
several AAP leaders including for-
mer Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
losing from their strongholds. The
verdict came months after BJP-led
coalition swept Maharashtra polls
and the party won Haryana, consol-
idating its domination of national
politics.
BJP has won 45 of 70 seats in
Delhi and is leading on three. AAP
has won 21 and is leading on one
seat. Prime Minister Narendra Modi
lauded BJP’s victory and said it was
triumph of “good governance” of the
party at Centre and in states it is in
power. He said the party will leave no
stone unturned in developing Delhi BJP supporters offer sweets to each other as they celebrate the party’s victory in the Delhi Assembly Election on Saturday (ANI)
and improving the overall quality of
life for the people. from 1998, registered a hat-trick zero ed for them,” Kejriwal said in a video for their support to BJP in assembly
“Jana Shakti is paramount! De- tally in assembly polls. posted on X. polls and said they are feeling relief
velopment wins, good governance tri- Apart from Arvind Kejriwal, sev- “We have done a lot of work in on making the national capital “AAP-
umphs. I bow to my dear sisters and eral senior AAP leaders lost the polls the field of health, education, infra- da free”.
brothers of Delhi for this resounding including former Deputy Chief Min- structure in the last 10 years. We will Addressing a gathering at the
and historic mandate to @BJP4In- ister Manish Sisodia, Delhi Minister not only play the role of a construc- party headquarters after party’s re-
dia. We are humbled and honored to Saurabh Bhardwaj, former ministers tive opposition but will also remain sounding victory in assembly polls,
receive these blessings. It is our guar- Somnath Bharti and Satyendra Jain among the people and continue to PM Modi said BJP will return love of
antee that we will leave no stone un- and party leaders Awadh Ojha and serve them. We did not come into the people of Delhi in form of prog-
turned in developing Delhi, improv- Durgesh Pathak. Chief Minister Ati- politics for the sake of power, we con- ress and development.
ing the overall quality of life for the shi won from Kalkaji. sidered politics as a medium through He took jibes at the ruling Aam
people and ensuring that Delhi has a Kejriwal accepted the people’s which the people can be served,” he Aadmi Party, referring to it as “AAP-
prime role to play in building a Viksit mandate and congratulated BJP on added. da (tragedy)”
Bharat,” he said in a post on X. its victory. “We accept the mandate The results were largely in accor- “I thank the people of Delhi. Del-
The Congress, which was hoping of the people with great humility. I dance with prediction of exit polls, hi has given us love wholeheartedly
for its revival in the national capi- congratulate the BJP for this victo- which had predicted a BJP victory. and I once again assure the people
tal, again failed to win any seat. The ry and I hope they will fulfil all the Prime Minister Narendra Modi that we will return you double the love
party, which ruled Delhi for 15 years promises for which people have vot- on Saturday thanked people of Delhi Continued on next page... >>

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