NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday won 134 seats in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections. With this, the Arvind Kejriwal-led party ended the Bharatiya Janata Party (
BJP's) 15-year rule at the Delhi municipal corporation. The saffron party managed to win in 104 wards.
In the victory speech, Delhi chief minister and AAP national convener
Arvind Kejriwal thanked the people for the party's victory in the MCD polls and sought the cooperation of the BJP and the Congress. "We need cooperation of all, especially the help and blessings of the Centre and the Prime Minister," Kejriwal said in his speech at the AAP headquarters.
Kejriwal batted for positive politics in the country to ensure India becomes the number one country in the world.
Here's what the municipal body is responsible for:
The MCD has 250 wards, and the simple majority mark is 126. This was the first election after the MCD was reunified earlier this year. The high-stakes election to the 250 wards of the MCD was held on December 4.
In 2017, the BJP had clinched 181 of the then 270 municipal wards while AAP had won 48 and the Congress finished third with just 30.