(NDTV)
Delhi’s mandate for his party in the civic elections last week is the nation’s mandate, BJP chief Amit Shah said on Tuesday, saying the massive win is another stamp of approval for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s work at the Centre. Mr Shah also wrote off the Aam Aadmi Party, which came a feeble second, mocking Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for blaming his party’s drubbing on electronic voting machines or EVMs.
Delhi was won for the BJP by its booth-level workers, Mr Shah said at a celebration of his party’s win with party workers and new corporators in the capital. The BJP has won 181 of 272 seats in three corporations. AAP could win only 48. “Kejriwal-ji might blame EVMs for our victory, but to know the real reason, meet our booth in-charge,” said Mr Shah, whose winning strategy in Delhi included sacking most sitting corporators to beat any anti-incumbency sentiment after 10 years of the BJP dominating the Municipal Corporation of Delhi or MCD.
