Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is facing its worst defeat by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the capital New Delhi, according to the exit poll results of key state elections in India.
After the completion of the voting process, in the exit poll results, the BJP has been defeated by Arvind Kejriwal’s party.
According to the New Delhi exit polls, the Aam Aadmi Party has won 52 out of 70 seats.
New Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said in a message on Twitter that ‘we are winning by a huge margin’.
On the other hand, BJP chief and Home Minister Amit Shah has also called a meeting of the members while he had campaigned vigorously for the elections.
According to reports, long queues of voters stood in front of polling stations in New Delhi in the election held under tight security.
It may be recalled that the BJP leaders during the election campaign strongly criticized the opposition members who supported Muslims who protested against the controversial Citizenship Bill, but they did not succeed in defeating Kejriwal’s party, which has ruled Delhi since 2015. Failed.
The Aam Aadmi Party won a record 67 out of 70 seats in the Delhi Assembly in 2015, and Kejriwal campaigned on public issues including power, water and health.
The BJP claimed that the Delhi election would be a referendum against Muslim women protesting against the controversial citizenship law, where women have been protesting against the law since December 15 at Shaheen Bagh.
India’s ruling party had told voters in the campaign that if they want the Shaheen Bagh protests to end, vote for the BJP and make them successful.
Earlier, BJP suffered defeat in the recent state elections in Maharashtra and now after the defeat in Delhi, analysts say that it is easy to gauge the public opinion towards BJP. .
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– 2024-04-18 04:05:45
