People defeated BJP's dirty politics, appreciated our work: Kejriwal on bypoll

AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday called his partys win in the Rajinder Nagar Assembly bypoll the defeat of BJPs dirty politics and thanked the people for appreciating the work done by his government in the national capitalThe Aam Aadmi Partys AAP Durgesh Pathak defeated BJP candidate Rajesh Bhatia by a margin of over 11000 votes in the bypoll officials saidAll 16 rounds of counting have been completed AAP candidate Durgesh Pathak has defeated his immediate rival Rajesh Bhatia of BJP by a margin of over 11000 votes Delhi Chief Electoral Officer Ranbir Singh saidThanking the people Kejriwal tweeted in Hindi Heartfelt thanks to the people of Rajinder Nagar I am grateful for this immense affection and love of the people of Delhi This inspires us to work harder and serve peoplePeople defeated their BJP dirty politics and appreciated our good work Thank you Rajinder Nagar thank you Delhi he addedSenior AAP leader and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia also congratulated Pathak and said the poll results show that Kejriwal lives in the hearts of the peopleAlso Read BJPs Ghanshyam Lodhi wrests Rampur Lok Sabha seat from SP wins by over 40000 votesMany many congratulations to my dear brother ipathak25 Durgesh Pathak on being elected MLA from Rajinder Nagar Vidhan Sabha Congratulations to all the workers of AAP for the victory he said in a tweet in HindiIn the heart of the people of Delhi ArvindKejriwal ji lives he addedAccording to official data AAPs Pathak polled 40319 votes while his nearest rival Bhatia managed to get 28851 votes The victory margin was 11468 votesCongress contender Prem Lata could get only 2014 votes in the bypollThe poll panel is yet to come out with the final voting figuresIn a series of tweets AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh also extended congratulatory wishes for the winning candidate saying the results clearly show that people voted for the work done by Chief Minister KejriwalAAP leader Raghav Chadha who had vacated the assembly seat on being elected to the Rajya Sabha from Punjab said the partys victory in the bypoll is an affirmation of the Kejriwal Model of Governance and thanked the people of the constituency for once again showering love and blessingBest wishes to my brother Durgesh Pathak as I pass on the baton to him Chadha said in a tweetIn a tweet AAPs Jangpura MLA Praveen Kumar congratulated Pathak for his victory and took a dig at the BJP for the defeat of its candidate saying the saffron party lost badly despite deploying as many as 40 star campaigners including 10 Union ministers for campaigning for the partys candidate Bhatia in the byelectionIn a tweet AAP MLA and Deputy Speaker of Delhi Assembly Rakhi Birla said the victory of the Arvind Kejriwalled party in the byelection is proof that the people of Delhi prefer the politics of work and not the politics of hateThe bypoll to the crucial assembly seat had taken place on June 23 with a low turnout at 4375 per cent Fourteen candidates threw their hats in the fray which was largely seen as a battle between a confident AAP and a spirited BJPCounting of votes had begun at 8 am on Sunday amid tight security arrangementsThis 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