New Delhi, India – Arvind Kejriwal and his ordinary half -party (AAP), have lost the Delhi Assembly elections in a major exchange for the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is surprisingly lost. Ready to govern the capital.
Twelve years after his thrilling ride for power in the assembly elections in the back of a famous anti -anti -movement movement in 1993, it was clear that Kejriwal and his deputy, Manish Sisodia, before the counting of votes were over. His constituencies were well lost.
The AAP temporarily closed its party’s headquarters in Lotines’ afternoon on Saturday afternoon when the celebrations began at the nearby BJP offices, which was adorned with saffron party, party workers danced. What and sweets distributed. Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote on X, “Winning development, victory of good governance,”
Jana Shakti is the most important!
The victory of development, the victory of good governance.
I am bowing to my dear sisters and Delhi brothers for this amazing and historic mandate @bjp4india. We are unable to receive these blessings and honor.
It is our guarantee that we will not leave …
– Narendra Modi (@NarendraMody) February 8, 2025
In a 70 -seat assembly in Delhi, the BJP crossed the majority of the 35 seats, which won more than 48 seats by noon. The number of AAPs went to 22 seats from 63 seats winning in the 2020 elections as the counting continues at noon.
“Once he started as a movement of people, he was now merely joining a political party,” said Niljan Sarkar, a senior colleague of Delhi -based Center for Policy Research (CPR). “Kejriwal is probably just one politician now and once the shine ends, the basic voters’ commitment weakens.”
Delhi, where more than 33 million people live and the national capital, New Delhi, is the center of political power in India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi since 2014.
“Delhi is a mini -India, it has a lot of population from different regions of the country. And the BJP has shown that if they can win Delhi, they can win anything,” Rashid Kadoi, a political analyst, said. Tell Al Jazeera. “This change is important because this victory is the story of the BJP’s micro management in the constituencies. And tells us that they are unique.
BJP riding in the capital
Modi’s BJP faced a strange moment in June last year when the Hindu Nationalist Party lost its parliamentary majority in the national elections and was left to govern with the support of regional allies.
Seven months later, the BJP has won three major state elections – Maharashtra, Haryana and Delhi – where it is expected to face opposition to its restoration.
“Since [national] Elections, our party is reaching our lower level workers, who have worked hard to ensure that the message of prosperity reaches every voter. “This is the defeat of AAP’s arrogance and bad governance.”
While the AAP was known for its welfare programs, the BJP doubled the same promises in its campaign that included Hindu nationalists in Delhi. “Elections in India have been a victim of extreme transactions and voters want to know what they will get for their vote,” Kadoi said.
The government said that Delhi’s voter is also the most unequal in relation to caste and class differences. “As long as you will not be able to get at least some bits and all the population, it will be difficult to win the election,” he said. He added that a portion of the so -called “upper caste” voters, which is about 40 % of the Delhi population, reached the BJP, which, along with subsidies and development promises as well as more than one. He was attracted to the desire for change. AAP rule decades.
In connection with the elections, in which about 9.5 million people voted on Wednesday, the BJP did not confirm its election for the Delhi Chief Minister, which Kadoi said, worked in favor of the party. “There was no disappointment [about any one candidate] In various castes or voters belonging to other regions or other regions, and suspension also maintained the stage for them and suffered their benefits.
The Congress party, the oldest party in India, which guides the National Opposition, India Alliance, has been on its scope in the Assembly for some time and this time, fails to win a single seat in the Delhi Assembly elections. There
Nadita Menon, a professor of politics at the honorable Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in Delhi, said: “It seems that the BJP will never lose elections again. This system is firmly sewn.
‘Message for Kejriwal’
Prior to the national elections last year, Kejriwal was arrested by India’s financial crime agency on corruption charges. His deputy, Sisodia, has spent 17 months on charges of money laundering in the Delhi city of Thar jail. His case is underway. And their two terms, which are protected by the land slide victories, have been constantly disputed to fight more control over Delhi with the Center’s appointed Lieutenant Governor.
This time, Kejriwal’s turn was for a wonderful moment when his party lost the Delhi Assembly to the BJP on Saturday morning. The AAP emphasized the elections as a referendum on its rule, and the innocence of its leaders in their contenders is political revenge by the BJP.
The government said, “Now it was imaginary that Kejriwal and AAP also do politics as usual-and they are not clear than other parties,” he added, adding that middle-class voters “Kejriwal They express disappointment at the plans and constant confrontation with the central government. “
The BJP has won seven Delhi seats in the last three parliamentary elections, but has so far failed to win voters in the Assembly elections, which takes place every five years.
“There was a strong counter -incumbency [against the AAP] After a decade and he damaged his image in the middle -class voters, resulting in the swing. “And the BJP’s idea was an edge in the battle of [against] Kejriwal – that he just cries out of dirt, or he is ‘cheating’, and does not perform in rule.
Kejriwal lost his assembly seat, New Delhi constituency, BJP’s Parish Verma – who has demanded a “social boycott” of Muslims by more than 3,100 votes in New Delhi constituency. Sisodia, its deputy, also lost to the BJP in Jangpura in Southeast Delhi. Since the counting continued until Saturday evening, several other party leaders were retreating but were not yet forced to accept it.
“This is a clear message that things were not good for Kejriwal because any political party in which all heavyweights are left behind, means that they have no way to come to power,” said Analyst Kadoi said. “
Unnecessary area
On Saturday afternoon, the AAP’s party headquarters fell silent. Experts say the party now needs to focus on choosing pieces. He said that it would put them in a difficult place because they have been in power since their inception in Delhi. The party has not faced out of power in Delhi, “said Rahul Verma, a political commentator.
“It is a shame to lose their national leaders and will reduce the expansionist continuity, which was a few years ago,” Verma said, citing other Indian state elections. . Currently, Kejriwal’s party also rules the neighboring state of Punjab.
Experts said that after Kejriwal was out of the upcoming assembly, the tables turned into Delhi politics. This is an unnecessary area.
For more than 10 years, the BJP has maintained full control of the country’s parliament in New Delhi, but it has always been away from state powers. The government said, “The BJP now has the same centrality in which Modi has launched the so -called ‘double engine’ campaign.
But the saffron party needs to be cautious, he warned, because in 1993 the BJP has changed Delhi after the last victory in the assembly elections. The government said: “The BJP has not ruled Delhi that looks like this or it.
