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AAP Wins, Ends BJP’s 15-Year Control

New Delhi: In an election that turned out to be closer than expected, the AAP managed a prestige victory; and the BJP did not lose as badly as was predicted. The Congress barely managed to hold on to some relevance. Here are the 10 key facts Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP has won the prestige battle for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), unseating an entrenched BJP. It has won 132 seats, six more than required for majority in the House of 250. It is leading on at least two more. The BJP, which ran the campaign with PM Narendra Modi’s face, has won 104 — a not-so-bad performance after 15 years of continuous rule. Congress has won nine seats, which means its base in Delhi continues to erode. In the 2017 MCD polls, the BJP had won 181 of the total 272 wards, while AAP could mange only 48, and Congress got 30. The AAP office saw massive celebrations with supporters dancing to dhol beats, and kids dressed as Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The office had kept balloons …

Gambhir thanks East Delhi though BJP loses 15-year control: Will clean Ghazipur | Latest News Delhi

East Delhi MP Gautam Gambhir congratulated East Delhi, his Lok Sabha constituency, and said BJP will clean the garbage mountain in Ghazipur. ‘Jai Hind,’ the MP tweeted as his party lost its 15-year-control of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi first time in 15 years. Out of the BJP MPs in Delhi, rough estimates say Gautam Gambhir delivered the maximum wards to the BJP from his constituency. Subscribe to our best newsletters Subscribed to newsletter successfully Thank you for subscribing to our Daily News Capsule newsletter. Source link