Delhi election results: Delhi Chief Minister and AAP leader Atishi on Saturday accepted the people’s mandate in the assembly elections, calling it a “setback” but vowing to continue the party’s struggle against the BJP.
“First of all, I thank the people of Delhi and our party workers who stood strong. We accept the mandate. The war against BJP’s dictatorship and hooliganism will continue. This is a setback but AAP’s fight for the people of Delhi and the country will go on,” Atishi told reporters.
Expressing gratitude to her supporters, the AAP leader said, “I thank the people who trusted me. I also thank my team, which faced all challenges and took our message to the public. I have won my seat but this is not a time for celebration — this is the time to fight. The battle against BJP’s authoritarianism will continue.”
The Election Commission is yet to declare the winner from the Kalkaji seat where she is pitted against BJP’s Ramesh Vidhuri and Alka Lamba of the Congress.
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Stating that AAP has always fought against injustice and will continue to do so, Atishi said, “Yes, this may be one step back, but AAP will keep fighting.”
Atishi managed to hold on to the south Delhi seat despite shock defeats of top AAP leaders, including party chief Arvind Kejriwal and former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia.
The 43-year-old leader, who won the seat in 2020, defeated BJP’s former MP Ramesh Bidhuri and the Congress’s Alka Lamba.
She became the Chief Minister after Kejriwal stepped down when he got bail in a corruption case linked to Delhi’s now-scrapped liquor policy.
The BJP, which has been out of power in the capital since 1998, is set for a comprehensive victory. The party has so far won 17 seats and is leading in 30, according to the latest trends available on the Election Commission website.
The AAP, which was formed in 2012 and overthrew the 15-year rule of the Congress, led by three-time Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, in 2013, has now been reduced to 11 seats.
The Congress has drawn a blank again, completing a hat-trick of ducks since 2015.
(With inputs from PTI)
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