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Manish Sisodia held all key portfolios in the AAP government.
New Delhi:
Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) raced to a huge tally early into counting for the Delhi election, and established a steady lead, but the party’s number two leader, Manish Sisodia, had a tense day in a see-saw battle in his constituency. He finally won by a margin of over 2,000 votes.
Manish Sisodia was in a close contest with his nearest rival, the BJP’s Ravinder Singh Negi.
For many hours, Mr Sisodia, the deputy Chief Minister of Delhi who held all key portfolios in the AAP government, trailed by a whisker. After several rounds of counting, he was behind his BJP competitor by about 200 votes. The turnaround took place a little after 2 pm.
The BJP’s Parvesh Sahib Verma even used Mr Sisodia’s example to take a swipe at AAP. “If polls were conducted on education, then Delhi’s education minister wouldn’t be losing,” the MP remarked.
For AAP, Patparganj was one of the most prestigious seats, along with New Delhi. The BJP had won the seat in 1993. After that, it became a Congress stronghold until Mr Sisodia won the seat in 2013 and 2015.
AAP is leading in 62 seats with a 52.4 per cent vote share and the BJP is leading on 12 seats with 39.9 per cent vote share. The Congress has scored zero in the second consecutive election.
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