New Delhi - AAP's victory in Delhi Assembly elections will definitely catapult the fledgling party into the national center stage with non-Congress parties likely to woo it assiduously to take on the BJP both at the national and the state level. However, AAP’s real strength will be challenged soon in days to come. The BJP, smarting from the defeat, will try its best to wreck the AAP government on every front, which shouldn’t be too difficult given the glorified municipality status of the Delhi government.
The BJP government in Haryana will definitely up the ante and refuse to give water to Delhi on some pretext or the other. Delhi produces practically nothing except services and the notable exceptions of pollution and noise. It is dependent on other states for its supply of water, power, vegetables and just about everything needed in the humdrum of daily life.
Full statehood to Delhi is now certainly not on the cards because doing that under the AAP regime would be suicidal for the BJP. BJP is already being pilloried for committing several blunders, including not holding the Delhi polls while still flush from the Lok Sabha victory, and it is not likely to commit one more by offering a prize that would make the AAP preen with pride.
With the status of a rump government, AAP would find it extremely difficult to deliver on its manifesto. Law and order is a serious issue in Delhi but the AAP government would be practically fighting crime and disorder with its hands tied behind its back. It is not as if the BJP would actively connive with criminals and lumpen elements, but at the same time it will not make life easy for its incipient national arch rival AAP.
Duck for Cong, top guns lose deposits, resignations pour in
New Delhi - On a vertical slide since May 2014, the Congress today hit the rock bottom in the Capital with all its 70 candidates losing the elections.
Deposit of over 60 contestants was forfeited. Among them were top guns like Congress general secretary (media) Ajay Maken, former Lok Sabha MP from Delhi Mahabal Mishra, ex-education minister of Delhi Kiran Walia and daughter of President Pranab Mukherjee Sharmishtha Mukherjee.
A wave of resignations was triggered by the scale of losses with Delhi Congress chief Arvinder Singh Lovely, who had withdrawn from the contest at the last minute, being the first to send his resignation to Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Maken, chairman of the Congress campaign committee for Delhi went next followed by PC Chacko, Congress general secretary in charge of Delhi.
The party rushed to insulate the Gandhis from the defeat with Chacko saying, "Three of us were leading the elections, not the Gandhis." In his resignation to Sonia, Chacko said he could not gauge the mood of the people.
The party was also forced to concede its disconnect with voters and said officially, "This loss has registered strongly with us and we will take steps to reconnect with the people." Sonia and Rahul for their part were silent today except when they congratulated AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal for his historic win.
Back in Congress headquarters, anxieties of workers soared and the all-pervasive silence was shattered by Delhi Congress workers who demanded Priyanka Gandhi's installation to save a depleting party. Jagdish Sharma, one protester said, "Party is more important than sycophancy. Priyanka must be brought in."
Privately, some Congress leaders admitted that the Delhi shocker would exert pressurize Rahul to deliver as the leader considering starting May 2014 Lok Sabha loss, the Congress today registered its 12th consecutive defeat.
Congress candidates lost heavily even in Delhi segments where Sonia and Rahul canvassed aggressively such as Badarpur and Kalkaji in South Delhi, Seelampur in North East Delhi, Sultanpur Majra in Northwest Delhi and Chandni Chowk. Worse still - Chandi Chowk went to Congress' ex leader Alka Lamba who won on AAP ticket and Sultanpur Majra, a Congress bastion of 20 years, fell despite Rahul's successful road show here. Sultanpur Majra, Asia's largest resettlement colony, was set up by Rahul's grandmother Indira Gandhi. But that also didn't help.
The Congress vote share in Delhi has now fallen by 14.8 pc since the 2013 polls, coming down from 24.5 pc in 2013 to 15 per cent in Lok Sabha to 9.7 pc today.
Even in this annihilation, only some Congress leaders like Chacko were talking introspection today while the rest were finding solace in BJP's loss.
"What went so wrong is the question we are asking ourselves. This loss is so humungus that a Congress Working Committee meeting is likely to be called to discuss it. Our failure was our inability to gauge the erosion of our votes," Chacko said, as leaders like Digvijay Singh and Sanjay Jha used the occasion to attack BJP.
While Singh tweeted, "Did RSS not help the BJP this time?" Jha mocked the PM's "Bazaaru
survey" remarks.
Chacko, however, said it would not help to attack the BJP and the Congress needed to put its own house in order. He was candid enough to admit that the Congress went into Delhi elections without an organisation (all committees were dissolved 10 months ago and not reconstituted); that Lovely's last minute withdrawal from the fray harmed the party and that the candidates could not find booth managers in many segments. Rahul Gandhi is, meanwhile, expected to call a meeting on Delhi results tomorrow.
Deposit of over 60 contestants was forfeited. Among them were top guns like Congress general secretary (media) Ajay Maken, former Lok Sabha MP from Delhi Mahabal Mishra, ex-education minister of Delhi Kiran Walia and daughter of President Pranab Mukherjee Sharmishtha Mukherjee.
A wave of resignations was triggered by the scale of losses with Delhi Congress chief Arvinder Singh Lovely, who had withdrawn from the contest at the last minute, being the first to send his resignation to Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Maken, chairman of the Congress campaign committee for Delhi went next followed by PC Chacko, Congress general secretary in charge of Delhi.
The party rushed to insulate the Gandhis from the defeat with Chacko saying, "Three of us were leading the elections, not the Gandhis." In his resignation to Sonia, Chacko said he could not gauge the mood of the people.
The party was also forced to concede its disconnect with voters and said officially, "This loss has registered strongly with us and we will take steps to reconnect with the people." Sonia and Rahul for their part were silent today except when they congratulated AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal for his historic win.
Back in Congress headquarters, anxieties of workers soared and the all-pervasive silence was shattered by Delhi Congress workers who demanded Priyanka Gandhi's installation to save a depleting party. Jagdish Sharma, one protester said, "Party is more important than sycophancy. Priyanka must be brought in."
Privately, some Congress leaders admitted that the Delhi shocker would exert pressurize Rahul to deliver as the leader considering starting May 2014 Lok Sabha loss, the Congress today registered its 12th consecutive defeat.
Congress candidates lost heavily even in Delhi segments where Sonia and Rahul canvassed aggressively such as Badarpur and Kalkaji in South Delhi, Seelampur in North East Delhi, Sultanpur Majra in Northwest Delhi and Chandni Chowk. Worse still - Chandi Chowk went to Congress' ex leader Alka Lamba who won on AAP ticket and Sultanpur Majra, a Congress bastion of 20 years, fell despite Rahul's successful road show here. Sultanpur Majra, Asia's largest resettlement colony, was set up by Rahul's grandmother Indira Gandhi. But that also didn't help.
The Congress vote share in Delhi has now fallen by 14.8 pc since the 2013 polls, coming down from 24.5 pc in 2013 to 15 per cent in Lok Sabha to 9.7 pc today.
Even in this annihilation, only some Congress leaders like Chacko were talking introspection today while the rest were finding solace in BJP's loss.
"What went so wrong is the question we are asking ourselves. This loss is so humungus that a Congress Working Committee meeting is likely to be called to discuss it. Our failure was our inability to gauge the erosion of our votes," Chacko said, as leaders like Digvijay Singh and Sanjay Jha used the occasion to attack BJP.
While Singh tweeted, "Did RSS not help the BJP this time?" Jha mocked the PM's "Bazaaru
survey" remarks.
Chacko, however, said it would not help to attack the BJP and the Congress needed to put its own house in order. He was candid enough to admit that the Congress went into Delhi elections without an organisation (all committees were dissolved 10 months ago and not reconstituted); that Lovely's last minute withdrawal from the fray harmed the party and that the candidates could not find booth managers in many segments. Rahul Gandhi is, meanwhile, expected to call a meeting on Delhi results tomorrow.
Bigwigs bite the dust
- Deposit of over 60 contestants was forfeited. Among them were top guns such as Congress general secretary (media) Ajay Maken, former LS MP from Delhi Mahabal Mishra, ex-education minister of Delhi Kiran Walia and daughter of President Pranab Mukherjee Sharmishtha Mukherjee
- As the results poured in, Delhi Congress chief Arvinder Singh Lovely sent his resignation to AICC chief Sonia Gandhi followed by Maken and PC Chacko. The resignation are yet to be accepted by Sonia.
Delhi election results 2015: List of AAP candidates who won by a margin of over 20,000 votes
NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has not only won an unprecedented landslide victory in the Delhi assembly election, but 45 of their candidates, out of 67 who won, decimated their opponents by a margin of 20,000 votes or more to storm into the 70-seat assembly.
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Celebrations take place outside Aam Aadmi Party office in Patel Nagar |
The following is the list of AAP candidates who won by this margin:
1. Adarsh Nagar: Pawan Kumar Sharma (AAP): 54026 — Ram Kishan Singhal (BJP): 33285 (Margin: 20741 )
2. Ambedkar Nagar: Ajay Dutt (AAP): 66632 — Ashok Kumar (BJP): 24172 ( Margin: 42460)
3. Babarpur: Gopal Rai (AAP): 75928 — Naresh gaur (BJP): 40440 (Margin: 35488)
4. Badarpur: Narayan Dutt Sharma (AAP): 94242 — RAMVIR SINGH BIDHURI (BJP):46659 (Margin: 47583)
5. Badli: Ajesh yadav (AAP): 72795 — Devender Yadav (INC): 37419 (Margin: 35376)
6. Ballimaran: Imran Hussain (AAP): 57118 — Shayam Lal Morwal (BJP): 23241 (Margin: 33877)
7. Bawana: Ved Prakash (AAP): 109259 — Gugan Singh (BJP): 59236 (Margin: 50023)
8. Burari: Sanjeev Jha (AAP): 124724 — Gopal jha (BJP): 56774 (Margin: 67950)
9. Chhatarpur: Kartar Singh Tanwar (AAP): 67645 — Brahm Singh Tnwar (BJP):45405 (Margin: 22240)
10. Deoli: Prakash (AAP): 96530- (Arwind Kumar (BJP): 32593 (Margin: 63937)
11. Dwarka: Adarsh Shastri (AAP): 79729 — Pardyumn Rajput (BJP): 40363 (Margin: 39363)
12. Gokalpur: Fateh Singh (AAP): 71240 — Ranjeet Singh (BJP): 39272 (Margin: 31968 )
13. Harinagar: Jagdeep Singh (AAP): 65814 — Avtar Singh Hit (BJP): 39318 (Margin: 26496)
14. Janakpuri: Rajesh Rishi (AAP): 71802 — Prof. Jagdish Mukhi (BJP): 46222 (Margin: 25580)
15. Jangpura: Praveen Kumar (AAP): 43927 — Maninder Singh Dhir (BJP): 23477 (Margin: 20450)
16. Karawal Nagar: Kapil Mishra (AAP):101865 — Mohan Singh Bisht (BJP): 57434 (Margin: 44431)
17. Karol Bagh: Vishesh ravi (AAP): 67429 — Yogender Chandoliya (BJP): 34549 (Margin: 32880)
18. Kirari: Rituraj Govind (AAP): 97727 — Anil Jha (BJP): 52555 (Margin: 45127)
19. Kondli: Manoj Kumar (AAP): 63185 — Hukam Singh (BJP): 38426 (Margin: 24759)
20. Madipur: Girish Soni (AAP): 66571 — Raj Kumar (BJP): 37184 (Margin: 29387)
21. Mangolpuri: Rakhi Birla (AAP): 60534 — Raj Kumar chauhan (BJP): 37835 (Margin: 22699)
22. Matia Mahal: Asim Ahmed Khan (AAP): 47584 — Shoaib Iqbal (INC): 21488 (Margin: 26096)
23. Matiala: Gulab Singh (AAP): 127665 — Rajesh Gahlot (BJP): 80661 (Margin: 47004)
24. Mundka: Sukhvir Singh (AAP): 94206 — Azad Singh (BJP): 53380 (Margin: 40826)
25. Nangloi Jat: Raghuvinder Shokeen (AAP): 83259 — Manoj Kumar Shokeen (BJP): 46235 (Margin: 37024)
26. Nerela: Sharad Kumar (AAP): 96143 — Neel Daman Khatri (BJP): 55851 (Margin: 40292)
27. New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal (AAP): 57213 — Nupur Sharma (BJP): 25630 (Margin: 31583)
28. Okhla: Amanatullah Khan (AAP): 104271 — Braham Singh (BJP): 39739 (Margin: 64523)
29. Palam: Bhavna Gaur (AAP): 83637 — Dhram Dev Solanki (BJP): 51788 (Margin: 31849)
30. Patel Nagar: Hazari lal Chauhan (AAP): 68868 — Krishna Tirath (BJP): 34230 (Margin: 34638)
31. Patparganj: Manish Sisodia (AAP): 75477 — Vinod Kumar Binny (BJP): 46716 (Margin: 28761)
32. Rajinder Nagar: Vijender Garg Vijay (AAP): 61354 — RP Singh (BJP): 41303 (Margin: 20051)
33. Rithala: Mohinder Goyal (AAP): 93470 — Kulwant Rana (BJP): 64219 (Margin: 29251)
34. Sadar Bazar: Som Dutt (AAP): 67507 — Parveen Kumar Jain (BJP): 33192 (Margin: 34315)
35. Sangam Vihar: Dinesh Mohaniya (AAP): 72131 — Shiv Charan lal gupta (BJP): 28143 (Margin: 43988)
36. Seelampur: Mohd. ishraque (AAP): 57302 — Sanjay Jain (BJP): 29415 (Margin: 27887)
37. Seemapuri: Rajender Pal Gautam (AAP):79777 — Karamvir (BJP): 30956 (Margin: 48821)
38. Sultanpur Majra: Sandeep kumar (AAP): 80269 — Parbhu dayal (BJP): 15830 (Margin: 64439)
39. Timarpur: Pankaj Pushkar (AAP): 64477 — Rajni Abbi (BJP): 43830 (Margin: 20647)
40. Tri Nagar: Jitender Singh Tomar (AAP): 63012 — Nand Kishore Garg (BJP): 40701 (Margin: 22311)
41. Trilokpuri: Raju Dhingan (AAP): 74907 — Kiran Vaidya (BJP): 45153 (Margin: 29754)
42. Tughlakabad: Sahi Ram (AAP): 64311 — Vikram Bidhuri (BJP): 30610 (Margin: 33701)
43. Uttam Nagar: NAresh Baliyan (AAP): 85881 — Pawan Sharma (BJP): 55462 (Margin: 30419)
44. Vikaspuri: Mahinder Yadav (AAP) ; 132437 — Sanjay Singh (BJP): 54772 (Margin: 77665)
45. Wazirpur: Rajesh Gupta (AAP): 61208 — Dr Mahander Nagpal (BJP): 39164 (Margin: 22044)
15 key promises AAP has made to people of Delhi
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