New Delhi [India], February 8 (ANI): After trends projected BJP's win in the Delhi assembly elections, BJP MP Ravi Kishan on Saturday said that now Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "double-engine government" will showcase how a national capital should be governed.
With the BJP leading on 42 seats, Kishan predicts this number will rise to 50. He congratulated the people of Delhi for choosing a "good future" and thanked the Purvanchal and Bhojpuri communities for supporting PM Modi.
Speaking to ANI, Ravi Kishan said," PM Modi's double-engine government will now show how a national capital should be. The trends are showing a lead on 42 seats which will go up to 50. I congratulate the people of Delhi for choosing a good future...All (AAP leaders Manish Sisodia, Atishi) of them will lose...I also thank the people of Purvanchal and Bhojpuri community for going with PM Modi's guarantee...''
Meanwhile, state BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva said that people of the national Delhi have showed faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi who will visit the party's headquarters later this evening and address BJP workers.
"People of Delhi have shown faith in PM Modi. It's a huge victory for us and the people of Delhi...He (PM Modi) will come to the party headquarters in the evening," Sachdeva said.
Visuals showed BJP workers celebrating outside the party's office in New Delhi as poll trends projected an apparent win for the Bharatiya Janata Party, which will mark a return of the party to power in the national capital after a span of 27 years.
BJP workers were seen bursting firecrackers, dancing and singing at the party office. BJP leaders including Delhi president Sachdeva, and party's vice president Baijayant Panda among others gathered at the party office today.
According to data by the Election Commission at around 1 pm, BJP led in 47 constituencies, crossed the majority mark needed to win the 70-constituency-strong Delhi assembly election. While the AAP was shown ahead on 22 seats, the Congress failed to score a single victory. The majority mark to form the government in the national capital is 36.
Earlier today, Delhi BJP President Sachdeva said that the people of Delhi have chosen PM Narendra Modi's good model of governance and have rejected Arvind Kejriwal's bad.
Speaking to ANI, Sachdeva emphasised that the election was a contest between good governance and bad governance.
"The situation in Delhi--contaminated water, broken roads, poor sanitation, pollution in Yamuna, and much more--is a reflection of Kejriwal's model of governance, which the people of Delhi have rejected," he said.
"On the other hand, Modi ji's model of good governance is one that the entire nation respects. People have chosen good governance," he said.
Polling for the 70-member assembly was held on February 5, with a total voter turnout recorded at 60.54 per cent. The BJP's campaign, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, targeted the AAP over alleged toxicity in the Yamuna River and the renovation of Arvind Kejriwal's residence as Chief Minister.
The PM also used the terms "Aapda" and "Sheesh Mahal" to slam Kejriwal. (ANI)