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BJP retains Delhi's MCD with stupendous victory; AAP finishes second, Congress third
Kashmir Times. Dated: 4/27/2017 2:09:31 PM
New Delhi, Apr 26 (Agencies): The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday won the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) polls and retained the three municipal corporations for the third term in a row, as predicted in exit polls.
Unable to accept its defeat, the AAP has alleged widespread tampering of EVMs in favour of the BJP.
The AAP's rout comes more than two years after the Delhi Assembly Elections when the fledgling political outfit humiliated the BJP winning 67 of the 70 Delhi Assembly polls when it got a huge 54 percent of the votes. The BJP won three seats that year but registered 33 percent of the vote share.
The MCD poll win is the latest in a series of BJP election victories credited largely to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken, meanwhile, took moral responsibility for the party's poor show and announced he was resigning from his post.
A total of 2,537 candidates were in the fray for North Delhi Municipal Corporation (103 seats) and South Delhi Municipal Corporation (104 seats), and East Delhi Municipal Corporation (63 seats).
As the BJP was poised to sweep the civic polls, Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari says Delhi Chief Minister and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal must resign and promised that the BJP, which has been heading the civic bodies for the past 10 years, will "clean the city in four months".
AAP leader Ashutosh also blames the tampering of EVMs for the party`s defeat. He points to some of his government`s achievements and said the BJP-led municipal corporations had done nothing in the past 10 years. "Why would a voter choose BJP... there`s not a single achievement that the BJP can point out while it ruled the MCD," Ashutosh says, alleging: "No matter which button one presses, the vote goes in BJP`s favour."
With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) all set to emerge victorious in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) polls for a third consecutive term, a poster has been put up outside the saffron party`s central office at 11, Ashoka Road, dedicating the win to the CRPF jawans, who lost their lives in Chhattisgarh`s Sukma attack.
Union Minister and BJP leader Harsh Vardhan tweets: "when you abuse the PM, you're not abusing a political party but entire 125 crore people of the country. And this is how people reply, Mr AK."
Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitender Singh thanks voters of Delhi, says: "BJP is the only viable option available to voter today and that is why, BJP has been given mandate at every level."
Aam Aadmi Party leader Gopal Rai, speaking to the media after the counting trends showed the BJP making a clean sweep in the civic polls, says: "This is not a Modi wave, this is an EVM wave. This is the same wave that they (BJP) used in the Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Punjab polls."
Senior AAP leaders, including Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, is at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal`s Civil Lines residence as counting trends for the Delhi Municipal Corporation polls showed the Aam Aadmi Party trailing behind the Bharatiya Janata Party.
First results: BJP wins from Janakpuri West and Janakpuri East
The municipal elections in Delhi were "foundational elections" for the Swaraj India Party and leaders have "zero expectations" of winning any seat, party chief Yogendra Yadav says. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national spokesperson Sambit Patra tweets: "Three A's which are responsible for "A"Kejriwal's loss: 1)Arrogance )Abuses & Accusations 3)Ambitions of Self over Aspirations of Delhi"