New Delhi: A bitter blame game has ensued after Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP party ousted the BJP from power on Wednesday and gained control of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia made a big allegation that the BJP was trying to “buy off” the newly-elected councilors in the tightly contested Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and said that none of them would fall prey to their “game”. , The AAP No. 2 leader said newly elected councilors have been instructed to record any such phone call they receive.
Sisodia’s allegations come after the Aam Aadmi Party won the MCD elections with 134 seats, ending the BJP’s 15-year rule in the prestigious municipal corporation and reducing the Congress to just nine seats in the 250-member house.
The BJP, which exit polls predicted a heavy defeat, put up a spirited fight, winning 104 municipal wards. “BJP’s game has started. Phone calls have started coming from our newly elected corporators. None of our corporators are for sale. We have told all our corporators that if they get any call or someone comes to meet them , so they record that call.” More meetings,” he said in a tweet in Hindi.
BJP’s game has started. Phone calls started coming to our newly elected corporators.
None of our councilors will be sold. We have told all the corporators that if they get a phone call or come to meet them, record them. — Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) December 7, 2022
BJP’s IT department head Amit Malviya also suggested that the mayoral election was still an open game and said that Chandigarh, where its rival was the largest party, has mayors from the BJP ranks. In a tweet, he said, “Now it’s time to elect a mayor for Delhi. It will all depend on who gets the numbers in a close contest, how the nominated councilors vote etc. For example, BJP’s election in Chandigarh.” is the mayor.”
Delhi BJP spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga also claimed that the city would again have a mayor from his party.
AAP ended 15 years of BJP rule in MCD
The high-stakes battle for control of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi saw the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) overthrow the 15-year rule of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by winning 134 of the total 250 wards in the national capital’s civic body polls. , As the Delhi State Election Commission announced the final results, AAP won 134 wards while BJP came second with 104 wards. The Congress won nine wards, while independents won three.
AAP national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted, “Thanks to the people of Delhi and many congratulations to all for this resounding victory. Now we all have to work together to make Delhi clean and beautiful.”
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Twitter, “Today honesty and work defeated the world’s biggest party which was ruling MCD for 15 years. The people of Delhi have given us a big responsibility to make Delhi clean and beautiful. Arvind Kejriwal’s leadership. Let us all work together to make Delhi the best city in the country.”
Celebrations had begun at the Aam Aadmi Party office in the national capital before the final results were announced after trends showed the party is all set to take the MCD from the BJP. Party workers gathered in front of the office and cheered, danced and raised slogans praising party chief Arvind Kejriwal.
In a fiercely fought battle, the BJP started the day by initially leading for about one and a half hours in the early trends, however, the trends began to change as AAP took the lead and held it till the final results were declared. Both the parties expected the counting of votes to begin at 8 am, with the BJP claiming to win the election for the fourth time, while the AAP expressed confidence of winning the election.
The high-decibel battle that was fought in the election campaign ahead of the polling on December 4, witnessed claims and claims by both the parties (BJP, AAP) to win the election, however, it all boiled down to December 7 when the election Result has been published.
Polling for 250 wards in the national capital was held on December 4, with a voter turnout of around 50 per cent and a total of 1,349 candidates in the fray. However, the low voting turnout did not prove to be an indicator of pro-incumbency.
(with agency inputs)