Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that “development won” because his Hindu nationalist party withdrew control of the capital’s capital Delhi in the local elections.
Modi said, “Development has won, good governance has won,” Modi confirmed to be losing his seat after a former Chief Minister of the city – a prominent opposition leader of the premiere.
Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been in government in the national parliament but has not been able to control the local legislature in the capital Delhi since 1998, so it is an important victory in terms of symbolic and strategy.
Modi said in one, “We will not spare any effort to ensure the overall development of Delhi and improve the lives of the residents.” Post On social media.
According to the results of the Election Commission, Arvind Kejriwal has lost his seat from Modi’s BJP, which reflects a wide range of harmful losses by the ordinary AAMADMI Party (AAP).
Kejriwal’s AAP ruled over a wide range of more than 30 million people in most parts of the last decade.
“We accept the decision and congratulate the BJP,” Kejriwal said in a video statement.
The slogans of BJP supporters were danced outside its New Delhi headquarters as the results of Wednesday’s election votes were hoisting Modi’s flags and posters.
According to the Election Commission, the counting is underway, but the BJP won well with the majority mark, the party prepared for about two -thirds of the 70 -seat assembly.
Home Minister and BJP Stalort Amit Shah said in a statement, “Our victory is a sign of people’s confidence in the vision of Prime Minister Modi’s progress.”
“Delhi’s mandate shows that people cannot be misled every time.”
‘Very strong position’
Kejriwal, who rode power a decade ago as a crusade of anti -corruption, spent Last year, behind several months on charges of the allegations, his party had taken a kickbacks in exchange for a liquor license with several party leaders.
He has denied wrongdoing and featured these allegations by Modi’s government as a victim of political witchcraft.
He was one of the key pillars of the opposition block ahead of India’s general election last year when the BJP suffered significant losses despite being in power.
Rahul Verma of the Policy Research Think Tank in New Delhi said that the defeat of Kejriwal in his stronghold of Delhi is “in a very strong position”.
“Now it seems that what happened in the general election, it was temporarily passed,” Verma said. “And he has put you in a difficult situation.”
Despite a weekly operation, there was little said about Delhi’s disabled air pollution crisis, which for months kills the city in hazardous smoke.
New Delhi is ranked the worst capital in the world to regularly tackle smog, which is often 60 times more recommended daily recommended by the World Health Organization.
The official measures of the years of pieces have failed to measure the issue, the smug has been accused of thousands of premature deaths annually, and especially the health of children and the elderly.
