Aam Aadmi Party is likely to get a clear majority and form the next government in Delhi

[Strike Rate]

Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party is likely to get a clear majority and form the next government in Delhi according to the exit polls conducted by major news organisation. All exit polls are predicting that AAP will easily cross the halfway mark of 35 in the 70-member Delhi Assembly, voting for which took place on Saturday.

According to the exit poll conducted by India Today-Cicero, the AAP will easily get majority in Delhi Assembly. The exit poll gives 35 to 43 seats to AAP with 41 per cent votes, 23 to 29 seats to BJP with 37 votes while Congress is facing another rout and is likely to get only 3 to 5 seats with only 15 per cent of total vote share.

The India TV-C Voter exit poll has given 31-39 seats to AAP after it predicts 42 per cent vote share for the party, 27-35 seats to BJP with 40 per cent of votes and only 2-4 seats to Congress with just 11 per cent vote. As per this poll others are expected to bag just two seats.

Times Now which also conducted the exit poll with C Voter, too, has given the edge to AAP with 31-39 seats and 42 per cent votes. BJP will end second with 27-35 seats and 40 per cent votes and Congress will end up with just 11 per cent of the vote share which may fetch only 2-4 seats to the party.

The ABP News-Nielsen exit poll for Delhi gave a clear majority to AAP with 39 seats and 37 per cent votes and restricted BJP at 28 with 32 per cent votes leaving only three for Congress with 19 per cent votes.

The News24-Today's Chanakya exit polls denied any seat to Congress giving 48 of 70 assembly seats to AAP with 43 per cent votes while other 22 seats to BJP with 37 per cent of total vote share.
Predicting a landslide victory for AAP India News-Axis exit poll gave it 53 seats and while forecasted only 17 seats for BJP and two for Congress.

News Nation also gave a majority figure to AAP with 39-43 seats and 47 per cent of total vote share, BJP 25-29 seats with 39 per cent vote share and Congress only 1-3 seats. The others are also expected to bag two assembly seats.

All the exit polls data are till 3 pm while voting continued till 6 pm.

In the 2013 Assembly elections, BJP and its allies got 32 seats, AAP 28 and Congress 8, JDU and Independent one each.

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/delhi-as...d-and-congress-a-distant-third/527131-37.html

 

[CricketCartoons]

This will be a good development. AAP should get a proper chance to rule Delhi, and Kejriwal is anyday better than Bedi. It is win-win for people of Delhi. Whoever comes will have to perform. This is real democracy.

 

[IgnitedMind]

Wonderful I would say.

Kiran Bedi has lost every inch of respect I had for her...she has some very primitive views and is not in tune with today's generation.

 

[Swanny]

The nautaki baaz is back in town.

Get ready delhites for more traffic jams & more dharnas.

 

[Strike Rate]

Wonderful I would say.

Kiran Bedi has lost every inch of respect I had for her...she has some very primitive views and is not in tune with today's generation.

The nautaki baaz is back in town.

Get ready delhites for more traffic jams & more dharnas.

i read posts here about AAP time to time in time pass section and to me it look like AAP lost lot of support? how are they winning again?

 

[Gabbar Singh]

Hopefully he will last more than 49 days this time.

 

[Swanny]

i read posts here about AAP time to time in time pass section and to me it look like AAP lost lot of support? how are they winning again?

His ideologies are good but execution was extremely childish last time around.

But he is still better than his opponents.

OR

The the people of delhi just love watching the daily enterntainment

Could go either way imo

 

[Strike Rate]

His ideologies are good but execution was extremely childish last time around.

But he is still better than his opponents.

OR

The the people of delhi just love watching the daily enterntainment

Could go either way imo

haha i got it! thanks for explaining

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

I AM LOVING IT.

Kiran Bedi - Just freaking GET LOST.

Attacks all political parties when she is with Anna Hazare and now joins the same party.

Kejri may have been a drama queen but he will settle down and most importantly his heart is in the right place.

He has penetrated the Indian politics in a way NO other Indian politician (without any backing) ever has.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

i read posts here about AAP time to time in time pass section and to me it look like AAP lost lot of support? how are they winning again?

Yes but BJP foolishly didn't conduct elections in Delhi after Lok Sabha win (cos they thought they could simply pay and get AAP MLAs to defect to their party).

That didn't happen.

The time was enough for AAP to make up lost ground.

By the way, AAP actually performed better in Delhi in Lok Sabha elections compared to the Assembly elections. Got more seats.

But with the hype it had, it was projected to get a lot more and since it didn't get that, it looked like AAP flopped. It did screw up real bad all over India. But Kejri is turning to be one hell of a genius.

He became Delhi CM by DIRECTLY competing against Sheila Dixit (the prev CM) and trouncing her.

He lost to Modi badly in Lok Sabha head on head clash in Varanasi but that was a hardcore BJP stronghold.

 

[jaguarjack]

i read posts here about AAP time to time in time pass section and to me it look like AAP lost lot of support? how are they winning again?

could be multiple reasons... first and foremost, AAP is a ultra-socialist party. Their party manifesto is so far to the left, you can almost call them communists. Even though they lost a lot of supporters in middle to upper middle, it still has lot of support in lower middle class and poor.

Voting on religious lines - BJP failed to mobilize Hindus to vote together in the way Muslim and Christian leaders were able to do it for AAP this time. BJP and Akali Dal were fighting until middle of January before they decided to patch up but many feel it was too late. Lot of Sikh votes are also going AAP route. Add to that, the recent stupid antics of some RSS and BJP leaders - ghar wapsi, 8 babies per couple etc. Contrary to what you might read and believe, majority of the middle class here is wary of the ultra-conservative fanatics and avoid them at all costs if there is any chance..

Infighting - BJP installed an outsider (Bedi) from nowhere, just like how Congress used to do. This led to lot of disappointment in the cadre and they were not working whole-heartedly.

 

[Strike Rate]

Yes but BJP foolishly didn't conduct elections in Delhi after Lok Sabha win (cos they thought they could simply pay and get AAP MLAs to defect to their party).

That didn't happen.

The time was enough for AAP to make up lost ground.

By the way, AAP actually performed better in Delhi in Lok Sabha elections compared to the Assembly elections. Got more seats.

But with the hype it had, it was projected to get a lot more and since it didn't get that, it looked like AAP flopped. It did screw up real bad all over India. But Kejri is turning to be one hell of a genius.

He became Delhi CM by DIRECTLY competing against Sheila Dixit (the prev CM) and trouncing her.

He lost to Modi badly in Lok Sabha head on head clash in Varanasi but that was a hardcore BJP stronghold.

thanks for the detail SIF i always find AAP interesting i think most of their vote bank is middle class right specially the educated class?

 

[Swanny]

As far as the media dials down the attention this guy was getting last time he was the cm i dont give two hoots about it.

I swear last time around it was kejru said this kejru did that on every single news channel 24*7.

Why does the rest of the country be forced to watch what a delhi cm is doing far away in delhi ?

 

[Strike Rate]

could be multiple reasons... first and foremost, AAP is a ultra-socialist party. Their party manifesto is so far to the left, you can almost call them communists. Even though they lost a lot of supporters in middle to upper middle, it still has lot of support in lower middle class and poor.

Voting on religious lines - BJP failed to mobilize Hindus to vote together in the way Muslim and Christian leaders were able to do it for AAP this time. BJP and Akali Dal were fighting until middle of January before they decided to patch up but many feel it was too late. Lot of Sikh votes are also going AAP route. Add to that, the recent stupid antics of some RSS and BJP leaders - ghar wapsi, 8 babies per couple etc. Contrary to what you might read and believe, majority of the middle class here is wary of the ultra-conservative fanatics and avoid them at all costs if there is any chance..

Infighting - BJP installed an outsider (Bedi) from nowhere, just like how Congress used to do. This led to lot of disappointment in the cadre and they were not working whole-heartedly.

interesting it looks like BJP is so far unable to impress people by heart specially the middle class because of some religious antics by their leader and allies although i do think they are trying to make a normal citizen life better i may be wrong. What is the situation in Jammu&Kashmir now? there was no clear majority and BJP with all their efforts wasn't able to win it and their was a weird situation after election there recently IIRC

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

thanks for the detail SIF i always find AAP interesting i think most of their vote bank is middle class right specially the educated class?

Yes but they have a huge voter base in lower class too.

We middle class people are hypocrites. We will talk all about nation and all but when the time comes, we won't go to vote. Ok some of us do vote but many of us don't.

But majority of lower class people do vote.

If you don't have significant lower class vote bank, you won't likely come to power.

AAP does have lower class vote bank.

Their Dharnas annoyed the middle class a lot but I think the masses have cooled down now with the passage of time.

Kejri has learnt his lessons too.

I expect him to be more sensible and more realistic now.

 

[Varun]

Hope the citizens of Delhi don't suffer from any item-number nonsense with regards to the political party in power anymore.

 

[jaguarjack]

As far as the media dials down the attention this guy was getting last time he was the cm i dont give two hoots about it.

I swear last time around it was kejru said this kejru did that on every single news channel 24*7.

Why does the rest of the country be forced to watch what a delhi cm is doing far away in delhi ?

ha ha.. so true... if you wanna wear a tinfoil hat for fun, here is a theory - BJP is intentionally losing Delhi so that the media attention is on Kezriwal 24X7, and Modi is free to do whatever he wants (privatization etc ) and RSS can do whatever they want (Ghar wapsi, Muslim butchering etc). http://gulfnews.com/opinions/columnists/why-bjp-may-want-to-lose-delhi-1.1443516

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

could be multiple reasons... first and foremost, AAP is a ultra-socialist party. Their party manifesto is so far to the left, you can almost call them communists. Even though they lost a lot of supporters in middle to upper middle, it still has lot of support in lower middle class and poor.

Voting on religious lines - BJP failed to mobilize Hindus to vote together in the way Muslim and Christian leaders were able to do it for AAP this time. BJP and Akali Dal were fighting until middle of January before they decided to patch up but many feel it was too late. Lot of Sikh votes are also going AAP route. Add to that, the recent stupid antics of some RSS and BJP leaders - ghar wapsi, 8 babies per couple etc. Contrary to what you might read and believe, majority of the middle class here is wary of the ultra-conservative fanatics and avoid them at all costs if there is any chance..

Infighting - BJP installed an outsider (Bedi) from nowhere, just like how Congress used to do. This led to lot of disappointment in the cadre and they were not working whole-heartedly.

This is THE POINT.

We Indian middle class Hindus are incredibly secular.

Atleast majority of us.

Many of us feel very very uncomfortable when this RSS tries its stupid antics. Modi wave was for DEVELOPMENT and nothing else. Congress being hopelessly garbage helped him.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

ha ha.. so true... if you wanna wear a tinfoil hat for fun, here is a theory - BJP is intentionally losing Delhi so that the media attention is on Kezriwal 24X7, and Modi is free to do whatever he wants (privatization etc ) and RSS can do whatever they want (Ghar wapsi, Muslim butchering etc). http://gulfnews.com/opinions/columnists/why-bjp-may-want-to-lose-delhi-1.1443516

Conspiracy?

Gulf news?

Enuff said. )

 

[Strike Rate]

Yes but they have a huge voter base in lower class too.

We middle class people are hypocrites. We will talk all about nation and all but when the time comes, we won't go to vote. Ok some of us do vote but many of us don't.

But majority of lower class people do vote.

If you don't have significant lower class vote bank, you won't likely come to power.

AAP does have lower class vote bank.

Their Dharnas annoyed the middle class a lot but I think the masses have cooled down now with the passage of time.

Kejri has learnt his lessons too.

I expect him to be more sensible and more realistic now.

To be honest same was the situation in Pak middle class and upper middle class specially the burger (we call them mummy daddy class) never showed interest in voting instead they just keep giving lecture on this and that and how to change blah blah this is where IK and his party get all the credit because he is the one who changed the mindset of middle class and educated class and got them in lines on election day.

 

[Indiafan]

ha ha.. so true... if you wanna wear a tinfoil hat for fun, here is a theory - BJP is intentionally losing Delhi so that the media attention is on Kezriwal 24X7, and Modi is free to do whatever he wants (privatization etc ) and RSS can do whatever they want (Ghar wapsi, Muslim butchering etc). http://gulfnews.com/opinions/columnists/why-bjp-may-want-to-lose-delhi-1.1443516

How does a party intentionally lose an election?

 

[jaguarjack]

How does a party intentionally lose an election?

hence the phrase, tin foil hat

 

[jaguarjack]

This is THE POINT.

We Indian middle class Hindus are incredibly secular.

Atleast majority of us.

Many of us feel very very uncomfortable when this RSS tries its stupid antics. Modi wave was for DEVELOPMENT and nothing else. Congress being hopelessly garbage helped him.

that's a good thing.. no?

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

that's a good thing.. no?

Obviously.

 

[Electron]

I AM LOVING IT.

Kiran Bedi - Just freaking GET LOST.

Attacks all political parties when she is with Anna Hazare and now joins the same party.

That's my favorite part too.

 

[CricketCartoons]

I think most of the middle class Hindus are communal. The example is this forum. Most of the Indian posters ( including me ) show communal mindset. There are few exceptions, like SIF, but very few.

 

[Gabbar Singh]

A couple of the opinion polls in full below. If the AAP can become the official opposition to the BJP (or in this case better than the opposition lol) across more states in India then it can only be a good thing for the political scene. New parties need to come through, and they'll keep the established parties on their toes and hopefully help alter policy as votes become more sought after. Everyone wins. Okay perhaps with the exception of Rajmata and Yuvraj.

 

[Electron]

Congress will soon be a forgotten name. The rate they are shrinking at is astonishing.

 

[MRSN]

Congress will soon be a forgotten name. The rate they are shrinking at is astonishing.

the more experienced parties usually do well in Pak-Ind elections which is the real deal.

 

[Electron]

the more experienced parties usually do well in Pak-Ind elections which is the real deal.

I know a lot of Congress supporters in Delhi who wanted people to vote for BJP. They are scared of AAP's rise because they sense the possibility of being pushed further down even in nation-wide elections.

 

[CricketCartoons]

When Kejriwal was asked what plans he has for muslims, he said he has no special plans for muslims. He said he has plans only for the common man. And this party is considered Secular!!

 

[jeetu]

BJP didn't do any work in Delhi , neither did they claim to clamp down any power tariff in their election manifesto.
This was their major blunder. Anyways Kejriwal deserves another chances , so most people voted for AAP.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

As of now, Modi has given only bhashans.

If Mod falls, BJP falls without a trace.

Without Modi, BJP has no identity.

Congress is lame as of now but if it gives its authority to some stalwart who knows about politics (without giving him the whole party power - let's face it - Gandhi family is never going to do that), they can recover in the next few years.

 

[jusarrived]

Whats wrong with Delhites ?
I will be in 2 months Kejri will complain that Govt is not able to function because the center is not supporting them

 

[CricketCartoons]

Forget about BJP, Congress, AAP, no matter which party you support. The rise of AAP within years of its formation is the triumph of democracy. It gives hope to people that if established parties take people for a ride, then it is possible to overthrow them and replace them. The established parties have to adapt or perish.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Kejriwal has made too many promises and most of them too tough to fulfill.People have voted for those promises and now it remains to be seen what happens.

The infighting in BJP state unit and a parachuted outside candidate is another reason why BJP will struggle.

The Muslim votes in Delhi which is 12% seems to have ditched Congress and vote en masse for Muslims and BJP losinga ortion of its traditional lower middle class voters and the trader community who may have gone for AAP as Kejriwal played his caste card.

All this seems to have played a role in AAP gaining a significant no. of seats in Delhi.

If BJP lose they will get a small lesson on:

1.Not taking things for granted,they delayed Delhi elections for too long and allowed AAP to return.

2.Rein in idiots like Sakshi and Pragya.It was ok to deploy them a couple of times to counter Owaisis and Azam Khans but not over do it.

3.Put a lot more focus on Bihar/UP/Assam.

 

[mithun_minhas]

Kejriwal could choke again if he comes back to power. He is good at doing dharnas and protests and stir up masses. But the man is a total drama queen.

May be he has changed a bit. Lets see how he will perform this time if he comes to power.

 

[adit_sh]

not sure why people hate KB. She can for sure increase the security in Delhi where otherwise rapists are generally on prowl.

AK will just blame the govt for Police not under the Delhi CM.

 

[Cracket]

Kejriwal is young and made some mistakes the last time, but he won because of his ideologies. People somehow connect with him despite his childish behavior. I personally have no dog in this war in Indian politics, but maybe a change from the usual BJP/Cong won't be a bad thing to have.

What I like about AK is the most irrelevant thing. He is at least more presentable than Modi and can speak proper English with foreign diginatories.

 

[Cracket]

Forget about BJP, Congress, AAP, no matter which party you support. The rise of AAP within years of its formation is the triumph of democracy. It gives hope to people that if established parties take people for a ride, then it is possible to overthrow them and replace them. The established parties have to adapt or perish.

Agree with this 100%. More than anything, India is becoming (has become) the model of democracy for the world. I really feel the two party system seen in most countries like the U.S. highly undermines the very definition of Democracy.

 

[CricketCartoons]

What I like about AK is the most irrelevant thing. He is at least more presentable than Modi and can speak proper English with foreign diginatories.

What a slave mentality. More presentable and proper english? Some Indians will remain macaulayputras.
Best thing about AK is that he looks and dresses like a common man. Also never forgets to cough while talking, so that the average Indian with poor health can relate with him.

 

[jusarrived]

Which ideologies are you guys talking about ? All hes done is find fault in others & list it out .

Hes been questioning BJP and other parties source of funds , infact one of his fav & when it was found out that 4 companies which funded AAP where actually non existent , the response was " they did nothing wrong since the money came through cheques " . How are they any different exactly ?

 

[CricketCartoons]

Which ideologies are you guys talking about ? All hes done is find fault in others & list it out .

Hes been questioning BJP and other parties source of funds , infact one of his fav & when it was found out that 4 companies which funded AAP where actually non existent , the response was " they did nothing wrong since the money came through cheques " . How are they any different exactly ?

I know some people in AAP, the idealists who think of changing the country, but they admit there is corruption, but at a smaller scale in AAP.

 

[Ambi]

Why people are attacking a party which promises to work on improving the living conditions of people.

 

[Gabbar Singh]

Why people are attacking a party which promises to work on improving the living conditions of people.

Which party doesn't promise to work on improving the living conditions of people.?

 

[Ambi]

Which party doesn't promise to work on improving the living conditions of people.?

How many of them fulfilled their promises.

 

[jusarrived]

I know some people in AAP, the idealists who think of changing the country, but they admit there is corruption, but at a smaller scale in AAP.

At a smaller scale in two years ? Am sure even congress started with a cleaner record than that .
Our society is corrupt , filled with selfish people who are incapable of doing public service . Its impossible to have a party full of people who are going to selflessly work for the aam admi . AAP is not going to be any different than any party , few good people and large majority who will use power to fill their pockets . To improve India , our people need to change ..Govt is just an excuse .

I do agree that there is a positive side to it , it will at least make sure no party will take things for granted for they will know that there are other alternatives .

 

[cricketjoshila]

AAP and Kejri will start giving excuses the moment they come to power.They have made promises which are impossible to fulfill.

 

[jusarrived]

Am not a big fan of this guy , but I like what Chetan Bhagat tweeted few days back .

"A population that votes on promised freebies rather than a wealth creating economy is destined to stay poor "

Thats our people unfortunately

 

[Ambi]

Was he offering Tvs, Fridges, Laptops, Cycles etc. I thought he only promised to give corruption free governance, 24*7 water supply, electricity, better health care and educational facilities.

 

[CricketCartoons]

Was he offering Tvs, Fridges, Laptops, Cycles etc. I thought he only promised to give corruption free governance, 24*7 water supply, electricity, better health care and educational facilities.

What is wrong in offering those, especially laptops and cycles to students?

 

[cricketjoshila]

Was he offering Tvs, Fridges, Laptops, Cycles etc. I thought he only promised to give corruption free governance, 24*7 water supply, electricity, better health care and educational facilities.

Do read the AAP manifesto and see what freebies there are and what he is offering.

 

[CricketCartoons]

Do read the AAP manifesto and see what freebies there are and what he is offering.

Better than offering a temple which is of no use to most of the population.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Better than offering a temple which is of no use to most of the population.

The temple is only a very small part of the offering majority of which is based on development.

 

[Ambi]

What is wrong in offering those, especially laptops and cycles to students?

There is nothing wrong in giving these to needy Students, large number of students from states like UP, TN are selling these in black markets

 

[Fire Bird]

Was he offering Tvs, Fridges, Laptops, Cycles etc. I thought he only promised to give corruption free governance, 24*7 water supply, electricity, better health care and educational facilities.

That's all a facade. He is funded by Ford and Rockefeller well known big shots who control a big part of america. He is a recepient of Magsaysay awards usually given to those who do their bidding.
http://www.canarytrap.in/2014/03/11/kejriwal-indias-biggest-scam/

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

India's version of conspiracy theories that usually I see some Pak posters make (RAW MOSSAD CIA for every problem).

I agree he is a bit of a drama queen which he needs to work on but this.....

Kejri is indeed a plan by CIA to destroy India.

Felt like I have been transported to CNN IBN comments. Heavy duty pro BJP. To the point where its sickening.

When exit polls predict BJP win, they gloat about how their party is awesome.
When exit polls predict AAP win, they look down upon other mortals who are too stupid to not vote for BJP.

Add in paid trolls (who keep copy pasting the same comments in every article), its a pretty nice place.

 

[Fire Bird]

Why would Ford and Rockefeller fund him? Do you think they give him money because of the goodness of their hearts. The paper trail is already there to link him. Think before accusing someone of a conspiracy nut. I didnt say Kejri is a Lizard man from outer space.

 

[Ambi]

 

[Ambi]

BJP down to single digits

 

[RexRex]

^ Astonishing victory...

 

[Ambi]

^ Astonishing victory...

Tbh i thought Bjp are going to win after seeing the rigorous campaigns of modi and his ministers. Intelligence agencies were also predicting Bjp win (maybe they were forced to give such fake reports).

 

[niishaa]

Tbh i thought Bjp are going to win after seeing the rigorous campaigns of modi and his ministers. Intelligence agencies were also predicting Bjp win (maybe they were forced to give such fake reports).

I thought so too. I thought AAP might give a spirited fight and then loose. I am glad i was wrong. I doubt AAP will do anything great when in power but atleast there will be some opposition to BJP. The BJP wallahs are getting too arrogant these days.

 

[RexRex]

Tbh i thought Bjp are going to win after seeing the rigorous campaigns of modi and his ministers. Intelligence agencies were also predicting Bjp win (maybe they were forced to give such fake reports).

I don't know why you'd think that when the polls for the last two weeks clearly showed an AAP win.9 months of door to door campaigning has clearly won out against Modi ralllies.I believe this is the first time he's lost an election he's led since 2002 if we consider the J&K elections a draw.
There were also rumours of some internal sabotage because not many of the local BJP cadres were happy with Kiran Bedi being parachuted in from nowhere.

 

[Electron]

Did not expect such a one-sided phainta. My gawd !

 

[cricket geek]

AAP and Kejri will start giving excuses the moment they come to power.They have made promises which are impossible to fulfill.

their favourite excuse will be central govt is not providing us fund for the projects.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

This is called OWNAGE.

BJP pounded into submission.

Go AAP.

Don't make any dramas this time. Govern properly.

 

[Sandeep]

They Have Enough time to truly fail. Aap is going to be paap

 

[Electron]

Check this out.

 

[cricketjoshila]

their favourite excuse will be central govt is not providing us fund for the projects.

This!

 

[Vulcan]

Its like watching Australia v Uganda cricket match

 

[Laal]

This is a bigger defeat for INC. Seems to me that their whole vote bank has eroded.

 

[Vulcan]

What went wrong for BJP? They won most seats in 2013 Delhi Election

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Still Congress will be thrilled with this result.

They are dead meat for now. Their only consolation is BJP losing it too.

Say what you want but Kejri has done stuff that I don't think anyone in modern history has done it.

In the first election, he won the CM post by touncing the existing CM in her own seat. One may say he didn't get absolute majority of his own but still he got enough to make a mark.

In the second election, Lok Sabha, he went almost All India and got owned (partly due to his mistakes and of course, he bit more than he could chew).

In the third election, Delhi, he came back and trounced the main party them in the worst way possible INSPITE of them having the Modi wave. In fact, his aura was so much that BJP used a proxy leader (Kiran Bedi) to fight the elections. Modi was the face in their posters but officially Kiran Bedi was their leader.

Life is a circle.

Congress did everything it could in Lok Sabha to ensure that if Congress wins, Rahul Gandhi gets credit and if it loses, the whole party gets blame. Now BJP did the same thing. Though Modi gave a few speeches, BJP didn't put the whole campaign under his name and fight it out. If it had, you know what would have happened. BJP thought that AAP was pretty strong and them winning by a small margin or even competing would impact Modi's image.

What happened was AAP trounced BJP. Even they wouldn't have expected this kind of response.

This is a a huge blow when you look at it from an image point of view. The blow is softened (just a bit) due to the comedian proxy leader Kiran Bedi as she didn't realize what she was getting into (she is definitely a good person no doubt but meh - not smart at all).

We can argue all we want about Kejri did this, did that, promised this, promised that...

But when you look at it from an objective way:

60+ seats out of 70 is as much an ANTI BJP wave as much as PRO AAP wave.

Modi is lucky international crude oil prices are dropping hence he doesn't have to fight inflation the way Congress did. Or else things could have been real messy.

But Modi has the numbers (atleast in Lok Sabha) so let's see what he does.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

NEW DELHI: Kiran Bedi, the BJP's Chief Ministerial candidate, has lost her constituency in East Delhi, as her party was decimated by her rival Arvind Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

"I thank the BJP leadership for giving me this chance. I worked honestly and with the best of intentions. I want to apologize to the party workers who worked tirelessly for me. I have let them down," said the 64-year-old who lost Krishna Nagar to SK Bagga of AAP.

She also tweeted her compliments to AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, who will now return for a second term as Chief Minister.

Earlier, Ms Bedi told reporters, "If the party wins it will be a collective victory, if it loses, I will take full responsibility."

Ms Bedi, India's first woman police officer, was inducted into the BJP just weeks ago to take on AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, who was running for a second term as Chief Minister. Her entry into the BJP sparked severe infighting, and party leaders were concerned that she was being outshone during the campaign by Mr Kejriwal, who drew larger crowds.

The Prime Minister was used by the BJP to address rallies, and the party's senior-most leaders like President Amit Shah and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley took ownership of the campaign. Despite the considerable political capital invested in the election by him, BJP leaders have said the result cannot be viewed as a verdict on either his popularity or the governance he has provided in his eight months in office.

Since her entry into the political contest in Delhi, Mr Kejriwal and his top aides have said that Ms Bedi was being made "a scapegoat" by the BJP as it became clear that it could not win Delhi. Yogendra Yadav of AAP reaffirmed that today. "It is not fair to blame her so much." He told NDTV, "she was brought in when the BJP scented defeat."

In announcing Ms Bedi as its presumptive Chief Minister, the BJP broke its recent pattern of using only the PM as the face of its campaign - a strategy that yielded large electoral dividends in states like Maharashtra and Jammu and Kashmir.

http://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/no-r...n-bedi-738357?pfrom=home-live_day_top_stories

Sad.

A good female but the not the smartest cookie.

BJP took her for the ride and everyone but she could see that.

The one good thing is she didn't win her MLA seat so she isn't stuck with the post for 5 years with no clout and stuff.

Even if Bedi had become CM, did she honestly think she could implement whatever she wants under BJP command.

Anyhoo.....it isn't enough to be a good person in life. One needs to be objective and think about every angle. Why would BJP go for a completely new person as their CM face ignoring their stalwarts? Think think. The writing was there on the wall but sadly Bedi couldn't see it.

 

[desi_launda]

Bjp ) )

 

[desi_launda]

67-3 lol

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

67-3 lol

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Bro you from Delhi right?

What really happened?

How did AAP do this?

This is beyond what anyone of us could image.

Also you voted for whom if I may ask?

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Now Bedi says this:

"I have not lost, the BJP has lost. I gave it my best. BJP is a national party, it should introspect on why it has lost," said Ms Bedi, who joined the BJP weeks ago and was quickly declared its presumptive Chief Minister

Earlier, Ms Bedi told reporters, "If the party wins it will be a collective victory, if it loses, I will take full responsibility." She also said the loss could not be viewed as a metric of the national sentiment for Prime Minister Narendra Modi., "If the party wins it will be a collective victory, if it loses, I will take full responsibility," she told reporters at dawn, appearing on the balcony of her home, from where she tossed answers down to them.

http://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/no-r...n-bedi-738357?pfrom=home-live_day_top_stories

What she says is true though. Its not her fault.

Another thing that is true is she has no clout of her own and is of no match to Kejri.

Should have thought before entering into this mess.

But as I said, the one good thing is that she LOST her seat which means she can walk away from this mess and let BJP deal with it.

 

[desi_launda]

)

Bro you from Delhi right?

What really happened?

How did AAP do this?

This is beyond what anyone of us could image.

Also you voted for whom if I may ask?

i voted for the broom.

With the "ghar wapsi" and other stuff happening in the country,the Muslim and minority voteswere obviously going away from BJP.
And BJP had no development agenda,and were only launching personal attacks on Kejriwaal.And whatever chance BJP had ended when they projected a rookie Bedi as their face