Delhi poll results: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Kuldeep Kumar (Monu) has emerged victorious in the Kondli Assembly seat, defeating Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Priyanka Gautam by a margin of 6,293 votes. Kumar secured 61,792 votes, while Gautam trailed with 55,499 votes. Indian National Congress (INC) candidate Akshay Kumar finished third with 7,230 votes, a distant 54,562 votes behind the winner.
Kumar’s political journey began 12 years ago as a volunteer in the Anna Hazare-led India Against Corruption movement, which later evolved into the formation of AAP under Arvind Kejriwal on November 26, 2012.
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He quickly climbed the political ladder, becoming Delhi’s youngest councillor at 27 after winning the 2017 municipal election from East Delhi’s Kalyanpuri ward. His winning streak continued with a victory in the 2020 Assembly election from the Kondli reserved seat. However, he faced a setback in the 2024 Lok Sabha election, losing from the unreserved East Delhi seat.
Undeterred by the defeat, Kumar returned to campaign aggressively in Kondli, using e-rickshaws with cut-outs of Dr B.R. Ambedkar to appeal to voters.
Born to a migrant worker father from Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, who worked as a sanitation worker with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, and a homemaker mother, Kumar’s rise in politics reflects his grassroots connection and persistence.
