A day after the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) suffered a major defeat in Delhi assembly polls, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Sunday celebrated the BJP’s historic surge by personally serving jalebis at Haryana Bhavan in New Delhi.

Saini was at the centre of a controversy on the eve of the elections after former Delhi Chief Minister and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal accused the BJP-led Haryana Government of “poisoning” the Yamuna waters. Terming AAP’s loss as a major rebuttal of Kejriwal’s “politics of accusations”, Saini said: “Time to have jalebis”.

Saini, addressing the media persons, said that the people of Delhi have endorsed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s guarantee in the Assembly elections. Now, Modi ji’s policies will be implemented in Delhi, ensuring that people benefit from welfare schemes like Ayushman Yojana and gain access to clean drinking water.

The Chief Minister said that with this historic win, Delhi will now stride forward firmly with a Viksit Bharat. He extended his best wishes to the people of Delhi for the BJP’s massive victory in the elections. He also congratulated all leaders and party workers who contributed to the Delhi elections, acknowledging the senior leadership for working as an efficient organizational force. He credited the party’s victory to Prime Minister Modi.

Taking a dig at Kejriwal, Saini said that the people of Delhi have now freed themselves from a leader who misled them with lies. “Kejriwal made false promises and painted an illusion of development but did nothing for the people. He repeatedly promised to clean the Yamuna River by 2025, but when he failed to deliver, he resorted to making false accusations against Haryana, claiming that poison was being mixed into the river. The people of Delhi have responded to his deceitful promises by voting him out of power,” said Saini. Just like in Delhi, the people of Punjab will soon oust the ‘Aap-da’ party from power, he said.

Saini said that Kejriwal had promised to transform Delhi’s roads into those resembling Paris, but when he visited different parts of the city during the election campaign, he found nothing but long traffic jams and broken roads. No attention was given to the Yamuna River either, he added.

“Kejriwal had claimed he would turn children belonging to poor families into doctors and engineers, but instead, he focused on opening liquor shops across the city…Now, under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi, Delhi will once again join the race for development. This is Modi's guarantee — if he says it, he delivers,” said the Chief Minister.

Stating that Delhi will now progress alongside a Viksit Bharat, Saini said that Yamuna Riverfront will be beautified to such an extent that people will prefer visiting it over Kartavya Path and India Gate. He said that Prime Minister Modi has committed to cleaning and beautifying the Yamuna River, and extensive work will be carried out at a fast pace to eliminate pollution. “To achieve this, metro services will be expanded, electric vehicles will be promoted, and several other initiatives will be implemented swiftly to improve Delhi’s infrastructure and environment,” he said.

The Chief Minister recalled that during his election campaign in Delhi, he had stopped at a shop to enjoy jalebis with the people. At that time, he had told them that just like in Haryana and Maharashtra, the BJP would form the government in Delhi, and there would be grand celebrations with jalebi distribution.

Expressing his gratitude to the people of Delhi for wholeheartedly supporting the BJP and fulfilling this promise, Saini said: “Today, I have come personally to offer different varieties of jalebis to the people of Delhi…Along with the famous Gohana jalebis, there were also small jalebis and imarti available for everyone to enjoy.”

Saini said that while the people of Delhi have removed the AAP from power due to its lies, the Congress has been wiped out for the third consecutive time, making it a hat-trick of defeats. “The INDIA alliance now has no future, and with the Delhi elections, their political shop has also been shut down permanently,” he said.