A day after exit polls predicted a sweep by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the MCD elections, the party’s national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Tuesday that he is hopeful of a win in the civic body polls.
“I also saw the exit polls and I thank the people of Delhi for believing in us once again. We are waiting for tomorrow’s final result. People of Delhi have again put their trust in the AAP, we are hopeful that very good results will come in MCD elections,” said Kejriwal at Delhi Assembly where he along with Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia paid floral tribute to BR Ambedkar on his death anniversary. He also said the prediction for the party in Gujarat was a “positive sign”.
“We hope that the results tomorrow will be in accordance with what the exit polls have shown and that the people of the national Capital and the country go on to support AAP in the future as well,” Kejriwal stated. But the AAP will wait for the MCD election results to be declared before thanking the people of the national Capital, he said.
Commenting on the Gujarat exit polls, Kejriwal said that it was being said that the State is the BJP’s bastion and for the first time a party is getting 15 to 20 per cent vote share, it is a big deal.
“The results shown by the exit polls in Gujarat are positive as well. A new party has entered Gujarat and if we manage to win 15-20 per cent votes then I believe that this is a very positive result. Everyone until now was speaking about how Gujarat is a stronghold of the BJP,” said Delhi CM.
Three exit polls on Monday predicted a clear win for the AAP in the MCD polls, with the BJP emerging a distant second. Kejriwal’s deputy Manish Sisodia claimed the AAP is going to sweep the MCD elections, asserting that the public is once again going to choose Kejriwal’s “staunch honesty” and “politics of good governance” over the BJP’s lies.
“They tried to defame him, levelled false allegations against me and tried to defame Satyendar Jain but the people voted for work, not the BJP’s lies. The people of Delhi have proved and given this message to the whole country that the AAP is a staunch honest party and all the allegations levelled against us are just lies,” the Deputy Chief Minister said. Sisodia added that the BJP brought many of its Chief Ministers and Union Ministers to advertise their “lies and false allegations” against Kejriwal.
“Their Ministers kept abusing CM Arvind Kejriwal and levelled several allegations. The people of Delhi know about the work that CM Arvind Kejriwal has done for them and that’s why by voting the AAP to power in the MCD, the people have spoken their hearts,” he said. On the Gujarat poll predictions, Sisodia said the AAP is going to make a grand entry in Gujarat.
This would be the first time in the history of the country that a party would become a national party in just 10 years, he said.