Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], February 9 : BJP leader Tamilisai Soundarajan hailed the party's historic victory in the Delhi Assembly elections, stating that the results marked the "exit" of AAP's Arvind Kejriwal and highlighted the INDI alliance's inability to "contest unitedly", following the BJP's decisive return to power after 27 years.
"After a quarter century, we are able to win Delhi elections. I thank our Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) for his good governance and for giving the people hope that the same good governance would be delivered to Delhi also," Soundarajan told ANI on Saturday.
The BJP leader said that the Delhi election results signify an "exit" for Kejriwal, who also lost the Delhi assembly seat to BJP's Parvesh Verma.
"As exit polls predicted, it is an exit for Kejriwal, and this will lead to a split in the INDI alliance. Even DMK should be worried because they are unable to contest unitedly, as the INDI alliance and Congress, which had 40 percent of the votes in 2008, now have almost a hat-trick zero," the BJP leader said.
"Really, we are happy about our victory," She said.
BJP stormed to power in the Delhi polls on Saturday, winning a two-thirds majority, with the ruling AAP suffering major blows and a drastic reduction in its numbers in the 70-member assembly. The Congress continued its dismal run.
Bharatiya Janata Party won 48 seats in a historic mandate for the party as it returned to power in the national capital after 27 years. Several AAP leaders including former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal lost in their strongholds with Chief Minister Atishi managing to retain her seat.
The verdict came months after the BJP-led coalition swept Maharashtra polls and the party won Haryana, consolidating its domination of national politics.
The Congress, which was hoping for its revival in the national capital, again failed to win any seat. The party, which ruled Delhi for 15 years from 1998, registered a hat-trick zero tally in assembly polls.
AAP swept the polls in the last two assembly polls. It won 62 out of the 70 seats in 2020 and got 67 seats in 2015. The counting of votes was taken up on Saturday morning. Votes were polled on February 5.