Modi BJP leads to high -stakes competition ncvrs.com

Narendra Modi’s Prime Minister’s party seems to be the Delhi government in the Indian capital, as the votes are accounted for after the closely fought elections.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leads 48 at the 70 -member legislative assembly, while the Incumbens Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) advances 22, according to the Indian Election Commission (EC).

A party that is more than 35 sessions halfway can form the government.

The elections were the prestigious battle for both BJP and AAP, given the symbolic significance of Delhi as the capital of the country.

The city, a federal area, has been controlled by AAP since 2013 and voters support strong registration of Welfarism. However, the party and its leaders have recently been incorporated into corruption statements, which have been rejected.

For BJP, insurance Delhi is not just for election success – it would be a critical leg in the capital of the nation after there has been no power since 1998.

The party in which he was Recent election successes In other states, such as Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh, they threw resources at the Delh campaign, as well as the Modi and the Interior Minister at Shah events.

The Congress, the main opposition party at national level, is also in the competition, but does not lead to any session.

The party led Delhi between 1998 and 2013, but due to corruption statements, voters would rather turn to AAP. Since then, it has not been indicated.

More than 60% of eligible voters voted this time in the vote. Most exit polls predicted the absolute majority of BJP, providing them with more than 35 places, although such forecasts have gone wrong in the past.

Delhi has a unique control structure. Key decisions on public order, police and land are made by the federal government appointed Governor (LG). State legislator manages matters such as education, health and public services.

This class often caused friction between the federal government and the state legislator when they are run by rival parties.

The power structure is also the reason why in Delhi the election campaign focuses on prosperity rather than political or identity issues that play a greater role in other parts of the country.

Aap and BJP campaigns promise both public schools, free health services and women’s cash.

In the meantime, BJP also hoped last week’s momentum federal budgetwhich reduced income tax for the paid middle class, which is the key to the capital’s voting block.

According to experts, the BJP victory in the politically crucial Delhi confirms Modi’s popularity among Indian voters after his party has lost his direct majority last year general choiceOr

The defeat would also be a big blow to AAP, a much smaller party praised in the early years, focusing on the development of urban education and health facilities. Punjab is also in power, but retaining Delhi would have been a great triumph for the abused party, which now faces an uncertain future.

Most of the BJP campaign is targeted by the AAP leader Arvind kejriwalAn anti-graft activist who has been imprisoned in a corruption case for last year’s current alcohol sales policy.

Kejriwal, who denies all the claims and this was released bail In September, he accused Modi’s party of accusing the implementation of “political vendetta” and “political vendetta against Aap”, which the BJP denied.

The bail conditions of the Supreme Court prohibit the prime minister’s office or sign the documents. Kejriwal resigned from the days after release from prison.

The bitter, weeks of campaign that focused on winning the capital and strongly on the welfare facilities of the residents. However, one of the topics remained on the agenda – Delhi’s perennial air pollution crisis, which affects more than 30 million cities for most of the year.

BJP promised to halve the city’s air quality index (AQI) by 2030, if they win and other parties referred to their manifestation crisis. But the question did not dominate the debates and did not become a discussion point for the election campaign.

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