Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Badal on Wednesday said that Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal should immediately resign as Delhi Chief Minister as the results of the Municipal Council of Delhi (MCD) elections were a direct referendum on two years of non-performance and negative politics which had been rejected by the people.
Simultaneously, SAD patron and Punjab’s former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal thanked the electorate for showing faith in the BJP-SAD combine in Delhi and giving a huge mandate in its favour.
“The Delhi electorate has shown that people want development and want their government to cooperate with other stakeholders to deliver on its promises. The electorate has made it clear that it will not tolerate the agitationist politics of Delhi Chief Minister. As AAP revolves around Kejriwal and Kejriwal alone, he should take moral responsibility for this crushing defeat,” he added.
Meanwhile, Sukhbir said that the defeat was written on the wall and was a culmination of a series of steps which had exposed Kejriwal irreversibly.
“AAP’s downfall started from Punjab when Punjabis rejected its divisive ideology which was aimed at fomenting trouble in the border state,” he said adding that after this, AAP had witnessed one defeat after another with the party being defeated in elections to Delhi Gurdwara Management Committee, the Rajouri Garden bypoll and now the MCD elections.
Sukhbir also congratulated the Akali cadre for SAD strike rate in the MCD elections. “We won four out of the five seats contested by us,” he added.
Describing as unfortunate that AAP and Kejriwal had not learnt from their mistakes, he said:. “Instead of seeking forgiveness from the Delhi electorate for their egoistic and arrogance filled rule, they are questioning the working of electronic voting machines (EVMs)…This is shameful and akin to insulting voters of Delhi and disrespecting the mandate.”