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The The high volt- Tri Nagar and Shalimar Bagh rvind Kejriwal- led age elections also seats also went to the AAP. .4%.50 AAam Aadmi Party saw Kapil Mishra, a *0 AAP’s Preeti Tomar won (AAP) re-affirmed its former Minister in the the Tri Nagar seat by 12,000 ailing party’s landslide win supremacy over the Kejriwal Government votes, while Bandana Kumari Has a “Victory of India” BJP in the high who had rebelled against emerged victorious on the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind octane Delhi AAP, losing to AAP’s sit- Shalimar Bagh seat by a mar- Kejriwal said a new kind of pol- Assembly elections ting MLA Akhilesh Pati gin of 800 votes. AAP’s Kuldeep itics has emerged from the by winning 62 seat Triptahi from Model Kumar defeated Raj Kumar of Delhi Assembly poll outcome, out of 70. The AAP Town Assembly seat. &' ( ) the BJP from the Kondli seat. with people rewarding the managed to retain Sisodia, the -12-34 152-64 ,2+74 Mukesh Kumar Ahlawat of party which built schools, hos- its vote — 53.57 per architect of the AAP defeated the BJP’s pitals and provided cheap elec- cent this time against AAP’s educa- Ram Chander Chawriya from tricity round-the-clock. 54.3 per cent in 2015 tional revolu- defeated his rival by a margin Shakti Party’s Sant Lal. AAP’s Sultanpur Majra, a reserved Kejriwal greeted supporters — and beat the anti- tion in Delhi, of 25,000 votes. SK Bagga won from Krishna seat. BJP’s at party office by saying “I love incumbency and the won a tough Raghav Chadha, who was Nagar con- Mohinder Goyal of the Krishan you”. He chanted “Bharat mata poll campaign blitzkrieg battle against fielded from the Rajinder AAP won the Rithala seat after Gahlot. ki jai, Inquilab zindaba and of Home Minister Amit rookie Nagar constituency in place of defeating BJP’s Manish Inthereafter he addressed the sup- Shah-led BJP. Ravinder the sitting AAP MLA, defeat- Chaudhary, while Jangpura Shakur porters. “It is a victory of all and " P The national Capital Singh ed his BJP rival Sardar RP seat was won by AAP’s Praveen Basti, every family who considered me & # witnessed an intense poll Negi of Singh by 20,058 votes. Kumar, who defeated BJP’s AAP’s their son and gave us a huge $ campaign led by the BJP’s the Atishi, who was Impreet Singh Bakshi. senior mandate. In the country today, humongous poll machinery BJP fielded from Kalkaji, won AAP’s Prakash Jarwal leader Delhiites have given birth to a the country that only develop- backed by organisational set- by by 11,393 votes defeating won the Deoli seat, defeat- Satyendar new kind of politics, which is ment works will take it forward up, against Kejriwal who BJP candidate Dharambir ing Arvind Kumar of the Jain won after called “Kaam ki rajneeti” (pol- and not Hindu-Muslim poli- changed his tactics and did not Singh. BJP, while the party’s defeating Dr itics of works),” he said. tics. All kind of divisive politics indulge into the slanging match Social Welfare minis- candidate Naresh SC Vats after “This is very auspicious has been rejected by the peo- with the saffron party despite ter Rajendra Pal Balyan retained the trailing him in message for the country as the ple of Delhi.” being provoked on several Gautam who was Uttam Nagar seat the initial politics of work can only take Party leader Gopal Rai also occasions. fielded from after defeating trends. our country to the 21st centu- asked volunteers to get ready, However, the BJP could over Seemapuri won Rajesh ry,” said Kejriwal, flanked by his saying “what happens in Delhi add another five seats to its tally 3,000 by defeating Gupta of the wife, daughter and senior party can expand to the whole coun- of 3 in 2015 and increase its votes BJP ally Lok AAP emerged leaders, from the stage erected try”. Rai, a Minister in the vote share by over 6 per cent to from Jan victorious from the at the party’s headquarters. Kejriwal Government, retained 38.49 per cent, but that was too Patparganj Wazirpur seat while The AAP chief was Babarpur constituency by little to stop the AAP jugger- seat. He had BJP’s Dr Mahender accompanied by his family defeating BJP’s Naresh Gaur. naut. The Congress which had many anxious Nagpal stood second. and senior party leaders Gopal “The whole country needs ruled Delhi for 15 uninter- moments before Surendra Kumar of Rai and Sanjay Singh. change. I urge my volunteers to rupted years till AAP came to emerging victorious the AAP defeated Ranjeet Addressing the gathering, prepare themselves. Get ready. the scene was vanquished as its in the 15th round. Singh of the BJP to win the AAP’s Rajya Sabha member What happened in Delhi can 63 out of 66 candidates lost AAP’s Okhla candidate Gokalpur seat. Sushil Gupta said, “People of expand to the whole country,” their deposits in the AAP Amanatullah Khan, who Continued on Page 4 Delhi have showed the way to Rai said. tsunami. The Congress’ ally was in the eye of storm for RJD too lost its deposit on four his alleged association with the seats. Shaheen Bagh protesters, Chief Minister Arvind defeated BJP’s Braham Singh by !" Kejriwal from New Delhi, his 71,827 votes. deputy Manish Sisodia from Shaheen Bagh, which falls Patparganj, Raghav Chadha under the Okhla Assembly .4%.50 both Shah and Tiwari were responsibility for the defeat, it from Rajender Nagar were constituency, turned out to be proven utterly wrong, living is well known that he had lim- notable winners. The BJP won the epicentre of anti-CAA hen the exit polls pre- one wonder whether they ited say in deciding the nature five seats, while the Congress protest with women and chil- Wdicted a BJP rout in the failed to read the voters’ pulse. of the campaign. dren holding sit-in protest for Delhi Assembly polls, both This raises another ques- Obviously, someone like about 50 days. Continuous Home Minister Amit Shah tion: Did the BJP leadership Manoj Tiwari could not have . # / - media attention has kept the and Delhi BJP chief Manoj planned an erroneous cam- brought nearly 250 MPs, a ! pot boiling which the BJP cap- Tiwari were quick to rubbish paign by not understanding dozen CMs and hundreds of % italised on during poll cam- the prediction and make the mindset of the Delhi vot- MLAs from all part of the & paign. emphatic claims that the saf- ers? The aggressive campaign country to contribute to the O$ 8 Seelampur, which also wit- fron party will win 45-48 seats. where tongues were used as “war cry” against Kejriwal. 8%=/>O nessed violence during an anti- In a wedding reception on weapons may have helped the However, it is unlikely that ?? +++ CAA protest, saw AAP’s Abdul Monday here, Shah repeated BJP raise its vote share to 39 anyone from the Central lead- ! Rehman emerging victorious his claim to reporters in an per cent, but it failed miserably ership will pay the price for the against Kaushal Kumar Mishra informal chat. Tiwari did the in making any dent in debacle. It is equally unlikely "& $ of the BJP. Rehman same during the last two days. Kejriwal’s support base. that any State unit leader could 8 & $ It is one thing to make Now that the dust has set- be made the fall guy, because @3A such “moral boosting” claims tled and the BJP is talking public is not going to be before the voting day, but to about “introspection” and convinced that State leaders 22 * stick to the same assessment “reviews”, the question doing had any say in the whole pro- &8 even after the exit polls pre- the round is “who will be held ceedings. Given the situation, BC , diction — and that too by top responsible for the debacle?” it will be interesting to see how ". leadership of the party — was While Tiwari has come the BJP tries to fix responsi- something that came as a big forward to place his head on bility for a disastrous perfor- surprise. As it turned out, the chopping block by owning mance in Delhi. OP R .4%.50 al Capital rejected it. Arvind Kejriwal. People have The Opposition also said rejected BJP. Only develop- ! " #!%! he Opposition on Tuesday “winds of change” are blowing ment will work, CAA, NRC .4%.50 poll results also had a message Thailed Arvind Kejriwal-led and it feels that the Kejriwal and NPR will be rejected.” .4%.50 “It is Tuesday and for the BJP that the “most AAP’s massive victory in the model of campaign where he Mamata told reporters in Hanuman ji has blessed us. he Congress received the toxic campaign” unleashed by Delhi Assembly polls and a vir- avoided all controversial issues Kolkata, amid the protests ollowing the landslide vic- Around two crore people of Tworst-ever drubbing in its Prime Minister Narendra Modi tual rout of the BJP and termed and focused just on develop- against the Citizenship Ftory in the bitterly contest- Delhi will make the city beau- history as its all 66 candidates and Union Home Minister the poll outcome as a defeat of ment while countering BJP’s Amendment Act (CAA), ed Delhi Assembly elections, tiful,” said Kejriwal.