Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 04:51am on 09 Feb 2025,Sunday International
The BJP secured a majority in Delhi after 26 years, winning 48 of 70 assembly seats, while AAP managed 22. Congress failed to win any seats. Arvind Kejriwal lost to BJP’s Parvesh Verma by over 4,000 votes. Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the victory, saying, “Delhi’s mandate has made it clear that there’s no space for corruption.” The BJP last held Delhi in 1998, with Sushma Swaraj’s 52-day tenure. AAP’s dominance since 2013 ended after 12 years. Analysts cite anti-corruption sentiment and strategic caste-religion outreach as key factors in BJP’s victory.
