In form of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Election As the results on Wednesday changed the course of the Aam Aadmi Party, BJP’s state unit chief Adesh Kumar Gupta said his party did not expect so many wards for Arvind Kejriwal’s outfit and attacked the Congress, the capital’s ruling party. Accused of giving walkover to
On who was the BJP’s main rival in the elections, he told News18 that it was always the AAP.
“It (MCD elections) was a fight (of BJP) with AAP. Congress has become zero. Congress has given a walkover to AAP.
When asked whether the Bharatiya Janata Party had expected so many seats for AAP, he said, ‘No’.
“Anti-incumbency is always a major factor. MCD provided grassroots services and we worked there for 15 years. It is directly related to the public. we’ve worked hard even during coronavirus period,” Gupta, also a former mayor, said.
Speaking about the exit polls, he said that they have performed much better than predicted.
“It is true that we are not able to cross the majority mark, but it is also true that we have performed much better than what was predicted in the exit polls,” he said.
Gupta also said that every election is teamwork and added that the party will analyze how things did not go as expected. “It’s just a choice and not the end.”
MCD election counting is over and AAP has won 134 wards. The BJP won 104 wards while the Congress came third by winning nine.
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