Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 9: BJP leader CT Ravi hailed the party’s “historic victory” in the Delhi elections, accusing the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of being “corrupt” and asserting that the people of Delhi have shown their trust in BJP leadership by decisively voting them into power after more than two decades.
The BJP made a clean sweep in the national capital after more than two decades and is set to form the government, having won 48 seats, surpassing the majority mark needed to form the government in the 70-member Delhi Legislative Assembly.
“The people of Delhi have blessed BJP. I want to congratulate and thank the people of Delhi for throwing out the corrupt AAP and showing faith in the BJP,” Ravi told ANI on Saturday.
Responding to the consistently poor performance of the Congress, Ravi said, “Congress neither has ‘neeti, neeyat nor neta’…If they do not have the trust of the people, they will lose in the elections as well…”
“Who will vote for such people? They are anti-poor, and anti-constitution. Can they hide the truth by carrying a copy of the Constitution?” he said, referring to Rahul Gandhi.
The BJP stormed to power in the Delhi polls on Saturday, winning a two-thirds majority, while the ruling AAP suffered major blows and saw a drastic reduction in its numbers in the 70-member assembly. The Congress continued its dismal run.
Bharatiya Janata Party won 48 seats, marking a historic mandate and returning to power in the national capital after 27 years. Several AAP leaders, including former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, lost in their strongholds, with Chief Minister Atishi managing to retain her seat.
This verdict came months after the BJP-led coalition swept the Maharashtra polls, and the party also triumphed in Haryana, consolidating its dominance in national politics.
Congress, which was hoping for a revival in the national capital, once again failed to win any seats. The party, which ruled Delhi for 15 years from 1998, registered a hat-trick zero tally in the assembly polls.
AAP had swept the polls in the previous two assembly elections, winning 62 out of the 70 seats in 2020 and 67 seats in 2015. The vote counting took place on Saturday morning, after votes were polled on February 5.