New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing BJP workers after the party’s stupendous victory in Delhi, said it was a victory of “development, vision and trust (Vikas, Vision Vishwas)”. The Delhi Assembly Election 2025, that sent Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party packing after more than a decade, also proved that the people of Delhi would not tolerate “corruption, and lies in politics… they want governance, not theatrics,” he added in one of the many jibes at the outgoing AAP.
The BJP is storming back to power in Delhi after nearly three decades, winning close to 50 of Delhi’s 70 seats, while AAP – which won 60-plus seats in the last two elections — lags behind with 20-plus seats.
Seen as the architect of this historic victory, PM Modi heaped insults on AAP and the Congress.
“The party which was born out of a movement against corruption, found themselves getting drowned in corruption… Their Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister and ministers went to jail. Liquor scam, school scam was a disgrace to Delhi’s image and they were arrogant about it. When Delhi was suffering from Covid, they were building Sheesh Mahal. In first Vidhan Sabha session of Delhi, CAG report will be presented in the house and this is Modi’s guarantee,” he said.
Harsher words were reserved for the Congress.
“India’s oldest party has not managed to open their account in six elections in Delhi (Lok Sabha and assembly). I told you Congress is a parasite party they takes the other party down with them whenever they are drowning. Their method is also unique, they steal their agendas and then target their vote bank and steal their votes,” he said.
“Those holding Congress’s hand are getting destroyed because it is not the same Congress as it was before independence and few years after 1947. They are doing Urban Naxal politics. Their politics is focussed on bringing anarchy and AAP-da was trying to do the same thing,” he said.
Delhi, he added, can now look forward, having rejected the politics of “corruption” and “idiocy” –“It is my guarantee to the people of Delhi – Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikaas and puri Dilli ka Vikaas”.
The BJP, he said, has left a clear footprint in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh and recently, Maharashtra and Haryana opted for the party with good reason, he said, “The law-and-order situation in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh once caused problems, but we worked to fix it. In Maharashtra, farmers suffered from drought, so we created Jalyukt Shivir to help them,” he said.
With two NCR states – Haryana and Uttar Pradesh – already under the BJP belt, he said the victory in Delhi will help ensure better governance in the region. The double engine government will now ensure that all the party’s election promises are kept. This would include clearing up the city, tackling pollution, garbage and sewage problems.
Along with this, he promised that the Yamuna river – which was catapulted into becoming an election issue after Mr Kejriwal’s allegation that Haryana is poisoning its waters – will become the “identity (pehchaan)” of the national capital.
The promises made to women will also be kept, he said.
The victory speech of the Prime Minister also carried a bow to allies.
“Bihar was in a poor state and change came when NDA government came to power. Similarly in Andhra, Chandrababu Naidu has shown his track record. NDA means a guarantee for development, good governance. It benefits not just the poor but also the middle class.
The middle class has supported the BJP. People from different professions are working with BJP and because of this, we have always prioritised the middle class,” he said.
