Delhi mandate is Nations mandate

Amit Shah the BJP Chief said that the BJP’s victory was the “foundation” for the next assembly elections in Delhi. “The mandate of the national capital is the nation’s mandate. It establishes once again that the people of India are firmly with Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” he added.

The Aam Aadmi Party had, in allegations now toned down, said after the MCD election results that rigged EVMs aided the BJP’s re-election to Delhi’s three corporations.

Kejriwal has since embarked on an organisational shake-up and outreach at the grassroots to rebuild his party, which is reeling from multiple election defeats. Earlier this year, it failed make a dent in Punjab, where Mr Kejriwal had expected to establish a second AAP government after Delhi. In Goa, the party could not win a single seat.

Delhi was won for the BJP by its booth-level workers, Mr Shah said at a celebration of his party’s win with party workers and new corporators in the capital. The BJP has won 181 of 272 seats in three corporations. AAP could win only 48.

The massive win is another stamp of approval for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s work at the Centre. Mr Shah also wrote off the Aam Aadmi Party, which came a feeble second, mocking Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for blaming his party’s drubbing on electronic voting machines or EVMs.