Delhi Elections: Mehbooba Mufti buzzing at BJP's loss; says 'got electrocuted themselves'

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti congratulated AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal over party's landslide victory in Delhi Assembly elections and to people of state for 'rejecting divisive politics'. In a tweet, former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir took a jibe at Home Minister Amit Shah over his 'current' statement, by stating that it BJP 'got electrocuted' with poll results. 

Mufti said, "Those exhorting Dilliwallahs to send a current got electrocuted mselves and that too at high volt." "I'd like to congratulate Arvind Kejriwal for his spectacular victory and especially Dilliwallahs for rejecting vitriolic divisive politics and voting on real issues instead." 

On Republic Day, in a vote appeal, Amit Shah had asked people to 'press voting button with so much anger, that current is felt in Shaheen Bagh.' "Narendra Modi has changed entire country, w he wants to change Delhi. This time, press button of voting machine with so much anger, that it is pressed in your area but current is felt in Shaheen Bagh," Amit Shah said at a rally in Delhi on January 26. In a similar assertation, Amit Shah had said that re should be " Shaheen Bagh" and asked people to vote for 'lotus' to get rid of agitators by February 11, day when results are declared. 

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AAP's Okhla candidate Amanatullah Khan, who won against BJP's Braham Singh said, "Delhi has done deed of passing current to BJP and Amit Shah. This is a victory of 'work' and defeat of 'hatred'." protest site, Shaheen Bagh in Delhi, falls under Oklha constituency.

PDP chief and a former BJP ally, Mehbooba Mufti was booked under draconian Public Safety Act (PSA) on February 6, after being detained without a trial for six months after abrogation of Article 370. She was also compared to 'Kota Rani' and was referred to as 'Daddy's girl' in dossier prepared by J&K administration as charges. 

Delhi Assembly Elections 

Building on its massive common-man appeal, AAP government offered several freebies - free electricity, water, free wifi services, free metro and bus rides for women in run-up to elections. Meanwhile, BJP, which has t held Delhi Assembly since 1998 conducted a campaign that revolved around nationalism and against Shaheen Bagh.

One month on, women have been at forefront of sit-in protest, ever since mid-December, at Shaheen Bagh area to oppose contentious Citizenship Amended Act (CAA) and proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC). Occupying stretch of Delhi's Shaheen Bagh area, people have been protesting, undeterred by cold winters of national capital.

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