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The BJP has fought elections taking the AAP head on. It did not shy away from what they called freebies unlike previous elections. It has also not engaged in a polarising campaign like 2020, which did not work in a cosmopolitan city like Delhi... perhaps also in the hope of some Muslim voters shifting to the Congress,
said Aeijaz
People wanted to get rid of AAP and get a more livable, better governed city. The AAP had lost the confidence of the people of Delhi, so it had no chance,
Bidhuri said
People believed that a double-engine government will not fight with the Centre and that instead of politics of vivaad (fights), we’ll deliver on the politics of vikas,
Panda saidSince 2024 again, the BJP has been fighting state polls on a local plank, be it Haryana or Chattisgarh. They fought this election on issues of garbage, sewage, and water, and micromanaged assembly seats. Religious polarisation was a whisper campaign rather than a dominant theme,
said KumarThe announcement of the eighth pay commission as well as tax benefits helped us further consolidate our middle-class base. They were already feeling abandoned by the AAP, which had taken it for granted,
said the leader cited aboveThe AAP leaders spent the last five years in corruption and covering them up. They did no work for the people even though the people continued to suffer due to overflowing sewers, bad roads, poor sanitation, and pollution. They...were unaware of the ground realities and failed to see the issues of the people,
said Delhi BJP chief Virendra SachdevaThe party has had a change of heart over the past three-four years with welfare schemes such as cash hand-outs becoming a key selling point. We not only matched AAP but went a step beyond them... And that helped here,
the leader saidThe Congress was expecting to do better. It has, however, increased its vote share. The campaign of the Congress was vigorous. It may not be in the assembly but it is definitely a presence in Delhi, a presence that will be expanded electorally with the sustained efforts of lakhs of Congress workers. There will be a Congress government once again in Delhi in 2030,
he claimedThe Indian National Congress took the lead in highlighting the various scams that have occurred under Arvind Kejriwal and voters have pronounced their judgement on his twelve years of misrule,
Ramesh addedWe (Congress) have increased our vote percentage in Delhi. If AAP and Congress had contested the Delhi assembly elections together, the results would have been different. The votes got divided...The fight will continue,
Sharma saidThe 2025 Delhi Vidhan Sabha election results reflect nothing more than a referendum on Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party. After all, at the height of the PM’s popularity in 2015 and 2020, AAP had won decisively in Delhi. This shows that, rather than being vindication of the policies of the PM, this vote is a rejection of Arvind Kejriwal’s politics of deceit, deception, and vastly exaggerated claims of achievement,
he saidThe entire INDI alliance landed in Delhi but while they stopped the Congress, they couldn’t save Aapda,
Modi said in Hindi to a cheering crowd that gathered at the BJP headquarters to celebrate victory, punning on the Hindi word for disaster, which he has been using through the election campaign while speaking about the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).We wanted to fix the problems but the jailing of Arvind Kejriwal and other top leaders hindered our work. The officers did not provide the required support,
said a senior party functionaryGo ahead, file a case. Is there anything left that you haven’t already done?”
he responded, exemplifying the confrontational strategyAAP’s ticket distribution created discontent which prompted many party leaders to feel that loyal party workers were getting overlooked in favour of new faces, especially those they once called corrupt,
said a former MLA, speaking on condition of anonymityArvind Kejriwal’s image as the common man was AAP’s hallmark,
said a party strategistPeople want solutions rather than excuses. They are not interested to understand the complexities of the governance structure,
admitted an AAP leader involved in campaign strategyDelhi has been freed from the ‘AAP-da’. The mandate of Delhi is clear. Today, development, vision and trust have won in Delhi. Aadambar, Arajakta, Ahankar aur AAP-da ki haar hui hai (ostentation, anarchy, arrogance and disaster have lost),
he said at the BJP headquarters, swapping the name of the AAP with the Hindi word for disaster, something he first coined during the assembly elections campaignWe fought a good election… We will play the role of constructive opposition but will also be available to people of Delhi,
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Now it seems what happened in the general elections was a temporary lapse,
Verma said