Delhi assembly elections: PM Modi to address party workers after historic win

The Bharatiya Janata Party is set to form the next government in the National Capital Territory of Delhi NCTDelhi after 27 years having crossed the majority mark of 36 seats in the 70member assembly and beating the 10year rule of Aam Aadmi Party The last time a BJPled government was in Delhi was between 19931998According to latest trends from the Election Commission at 430 PM the BJP has won 40 seats and leading in 8 others Meanwhile the Aam Aadmi Party has only won 17 seats and leading in 5 othersBJP leader Parvesh Sahib Singh defeated AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal from the New Delhi Assembly seat by over 4 thousand votes Meanwhile Congress Sandeep Dikshit had a dismal performance by only getting 4568 votesFrom the AAP side Delhi Chief Minister Atishi won from her Kalkaji seat beating BJPs Ramesh Bidhuri by over 35 thousand votes Party leader Gopal Rai also won the Babarpur assembly seat by a comfortable margin of 18 thousand votesMeanwhile BJP leaders Kapil Mishra Karawal Nagar won against AAPs Manoj Kumar Tyagi BJPs Shikha Roy Greater Kailash defeated AAPs Saurabh Bharadwaj with a margin of over 3 thousand votesBJP candidate Kulwant Rana also won from the Rithala constituency beating AAPs Mohinder Goyal by a comfortable margin of over 29 thousand votesPrime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address BJP workers at their party headquarters later in the evening partys Delhi president Virendraa Sachdeva saidPeople of Delhi have shown faith in PM Modi Its a huge victory for us and the people of DelhiHe PM Modi will come to the party headquarters in the evening Sachdeva told ANIVisuals showed BJP workers celebrating outside partys office in New Delhi as poll trends pojected 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 yearsEarlier today Kejriwal conceded his defeat and hoped that the BJP will fulfill all the promisesWe accept the mandate of the people with great humility I congratulate the BJP for this victory and I hope they will fulfil all the promises for which people have voted for them Kejriwal said in a video address posted on XpictwittercomX2CKGVpE9Gmdash Arvind Kejriwal ArvindKejriwal February 8 2025The former Chief Minister also highlighted the work done by AAP in the field of health education and infrastructure over the past decade reaffirming that his party would play a constructive role in oppositionWe have done a lot of work in the field of health education infrastructure in the last 10 years We will not only play the role of a constructive opposition but will also remain among the people and continue to serve them We did not come into politics for the sake of power we considered politics as a medium through which the people could be served he addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever