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Following the Bhartiya Janata Party's historic victory in the Delhi Assembly elections, party's winning candidate from Shalimar Bagh, Rekha Gupta called the near-decade rule of Aam Aadmi Party in the national capital as a "AAPda" for Delhi.
She also slammed AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal and former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, calling them "self-centered" The BJP leader further affirmed that huge development will be carried out in the national capital under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership. Speaking to ANI, Gupta said, "We can only expect development in Delhi from PM Modi. This victory goes to the leadership of PM Modi. People of Delhi are hopeful that PM Modi will do development here." "The truth was revealed to the public that they (Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia) are self-centered. Nothing was done by them in the interest of the public. They were really an AAPda (disaster) for Delhi and people understood this," she added. Rekha Gupta defeated AAP's Bandana Kumari from Shalimar Bagh by a margin of 29,595 votes. Being asked about Congress' performance in the elections, Gupta said that the party's existence has "ended" in the nation. "The existence of Congress has ended in the country. They should reflect on what they should do," Gupta said. She also slammed the INDIA bloc calling them "harmful" for the country who are only worried for themselves. "It is harmful for the country as well. People have understood this thing and they have been exposed. The INDI alliance has been exposed. They neither care about the country nor Delhi. They are only worried about themselves," the BJP leader said. BJP won 48 seats in a historic mandate, returning to power in the national capital after 27 years. AAP won 22 seats while the Congress failed to win a single seat for the third time in a row. Atishi's win in Kalkaji constituency stands out for AAP, especially as several of its top leaders, including former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and ex-Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, lost their constituencies. retained the Kalkaji seat after a hard-fought contest and defeated BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri by a margin of 3,521 votes. Earlier in the day, Atishi tendered her resignation as the Delhi Chief Minister, following her party's loss in the assembly elections. Following this, Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has dissolved the Seventh Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi with effect from today. The dissolution of the assembly paves the way for the formation of a new government in the national capital under the BJP's leadership. (ANI)
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