As BJP Ends 27-12 months Drought, Congress Emerges As Key To AAP’s Debacle | India Information

Delhi Meeting Ballot Outcomes: The Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) registered a thumping victory within the Delhi Meeting elections, ending Aam Aadmi Get together’s 10-year rule within the nationwide capital after over a month-long high-octane ballot marketing campaign.

With the blockbuster efficiency within the polls, the BJP is poised to type a authorities in Delhi after greater than 26 years, with the most recent EC tendencies displaying the BJP main in 48 out of Delhi’s 70 seats, whereas AAP is forward in 22. In a tricky battle for the CM’s chair within the nationwide capital, there are a number of components believed to have contributed to the saffron occasion’s success story. One such issue is the choice of the AAP and the Congress, allies within the opposition INDIA bloc, to contest individually on all seats, making it a three-cornered battle.

Throughout the ballot marketing campaign, key leaders of each events, together with Rahul Gandhi and Arvind Kejriwal, attacked one another over a number of points, together with Yamuna cleansing, corruption, and the liquor rip-off within the nationwide capital.

Because the ballot outcomes counsel, the marketing campaign did not yield a lot for Congress, however it will be secure to say that it definitely dented the prospects of the Arvind Kejriwal-led occasion. The grand outdated occasion, which didn’t open its account within the nationwide capital for the third successive election—2015, 2020, 2025—secured a vote share of 6.39 p.c inflicting important harm to the AAP.

In as many as 14 constituencies, the variety of votes that the grand outdated occasion obtained was greater than the margin of the BJP’s victory. The influence of Congress contesting all seats was so extreme that it led to the defeat of AAP’s high management—Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Saurabh Bharadwaj, and Somnath Bharti of their respective seats—because the Congress secured greater votes than the margin of AAP’s defeat in opposition to the BJP.

In New Delhi, the distinction between the saffron occasion’s Parvesh Sahib Singh, who obtained 30,088 votes, and Kejriwal, who obtained 25,999 votes, was 4,089 votes. Congress’s Sandeep Dikshit managed to garner 4568 votes. Talking about Jungpura, one other VIP seat within the nationwide capital, BJP’s Tarvinder Singh Marwah obtained 38,859 votes whereas Manish Sisodia secured 38,184 votes, shedding by 675 votes. Congress’s Farhad Suri obtained 7350 votes.

AAP’s Saurabh Bharadwaj conceded defeat by the hands of the saffron occasion’s Shikha Roy by 3,188 votes in Higher Kailash, whereas the grand outdated occasion’s Garvit Singhvi obtained 6711 votes on this constituency. In Malviya Nagar, AAP’s Somnath Bharti misplaced to BJP’s Satish Upadhyay by 2,131 votes whereas the Congress’s Jitender Kochar bagged 6,770 votes.

In addition to the important thing seats with high weapons, the Congress candidates obtained greater votes than the variety of votes by which the AAP candidates misplaced in eight extra constituencies. These embody Badli, Chhatarpur, Madipur, Nangloi Jat, Rajende Nagar, Sangam Vihar, Timarpur, and Trilokpuri. In Badli, AAP’s Ajesh Yadav conceded defeat by 10,461 votes whereas the grand outdated occasion’s Devender Yadav obtained 31,130 votes.

In Chhatarpur, AAP’s Brahm Singh Tanwar misplaced to the BJP’s Kartar Singh Tanwar by 6,239 votes, whereas the Congress’s Rajender Singh Tanwar obtained 6,601 votes. In Madipur, Kailash Gangwal of the BJP defeated Rakhi Birla of the AAP by 10899 votes. The Congress secured 17,958 votes.

In Nangloi Jat, BJP’s Manoj Kumar Shokeen defeated AAP’s Raghuvinder Shokeen by 26,251 votes. Congress’s Rohit Choudhary obtained 32028 votes. In Rajender Nagar, Umang Bajaj of the BJP defeated Durgesh Pathak of AAP by 1231 votes. The Congress’s Vineet Yadav obtained 4,015 votes.

In Sangam Vihar, the BJP’s Chandan Kumar Choudhary defeated AAP’s Dinesh Mohaniya by 344 votes. The Congress’s Harsh Choudhary obtained 15,863 votes. In Timarpur, the BJP’s Surya Prakash Khatri defeated AAP’s Surinder Pal Singh Bittoo by 969 votes. The Congress’s Lokendra Kalyan Singh obtained 7,827 votes.

In Trilokpuri, BJP’s Ravi Kant defeated AAP’s Anjana Parcha by 392 votes. The Congress’s Amardeep obtained 6,147 votes. In two constituencies, the Congress candidates stood second. In Karawal Nagar, the Congress got here second after Kapil Mishra of the saffron occasion, who registered victory. In Kasturba Nagar, the Congress’s Abhishek Dutt stood second after the BJP’s Neeraj Basoya, who gained by 11048 votes. AAP got here third with 18,617 votes.

Variations In INDIA Bloc Paved Method For BJP’s Victory? 

With the BJP on the point of type the federal government in Delhi after greater than 26 years, the CPI(M) and the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) on Saturday expressed robust disappointment and mentioned the variations within the INDIA block paved manner for the saffron occasion’s good present within the nationwide capital. Each the CPI(M) and the IUML are a part of the INDI Alliance. The Marxist occasion vehemently attacked the Congress and accused them of facilitating the victory of the BJP in Delhi.

The IUML, nonetheless, opted to not immediately criticise the grand-old occasion, however made it clear that if the companions of the INDI Alliance fought the election unitedly, they may have efficiently resisted the saffron occasion from coming into energy.

When his response was sought, senior CPI(M) chief and the convenor of the ruling LDF, T P Ramakrishnan alleged that the Congress did not help effectively for the efficient functioning of the INDIA block. “There was no help from the facet of the Congress. If the occasion had taken the initiative, the alliance may have functioned extra successfully. However, the grand outdated occasion did not fulfill their accountability,” he informed reporters.

Whereas answering a query, he mentioned the presence of the Left is weak in a state like Delhi and if anybody who may do one thing there it was the Congress. Accusing the Congress, he mentioned the occasion didn’t undertake a beneficial stand in taking the INDI Alliance collectively and united. “They adopted a stand facilitating the BJP to come back to energy in New Delhi,” Ramakrishnan alleged. Whereas reacting to the BJP’s victory within the Delhi polls, veteran IUML chief P Okay Kunhalikutty mentioned it will not have occurred if the companions within the INDI Alliance stood united.

He mentioned that the BJP has no robust vote base to come back to energy in any Indian state and it used to outlive by making use of the variations amongst secular events. The distinction within the INDIA block, a coalition of secular events, helped the saffron occasion within the Delhi polls additionally, he mentioned.

If everybody within the alliance stood collectively, the outcome would have been completely different, Kunhalikutty mentioned. When requested about whether or not it was the Congress which was the rationale for the dearth of unity within the opposition alliance, the IUML veteran, nonetheless, mentioned there was no level in blaming a single occasion for the ballot consequence.

“Everybody within the alliance ought to talk about this matter and consider the ballot outcomes,” he mentioned, including that quick steps needs to be taken to not repeat such issues in future. The circumstances in every state is completely different and the INDIA block ought to have the ability to overcome such variations to guard the Structure of the nation, Kunhalikutty added.

(With company Inputs)