Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan applauds Arvind Kejriwal over thumping election victory

After election trends showed a massive victory for Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi assembly election on Tuesday, Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan congratulated Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP for coming back for yet ar term.

"I heartily congratulate Chief Minister @ArvindKejriwal and his party for winning Delhi Legislative Assembly elections". tweeted Paswan.

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Political leaders across spectrum congratulate Kejriwal

Besides Paswan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister Prakash Javadekar also congratulated Delhi Chief Minister for his massive victory. Several or politicians across country congratulated Kejriwal which included Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, NCP's Nawab Malik, and Supriya Sule, Shiv Sena's Aaditya Thackeray, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, as well as RJD's Tejashwi Yadav have wished Kejriwal for his landslide victory. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said that "Jan Ki Baat has won over Man ki Baat" in a bid to take a jibe on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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As per Election Commission's official update, counting for 70 seats has been done with ruling Aam Aadmi Party winning 52 seats and leading on 10 seats, whereas  BJP has won six seats and is leading on two seats. AAP in 2015 registered a landslide victory by winning 67 out of 70 seats and Congress drew blank, with BJP bagging only three seats. ruling party has repeated its 2015 win with a clean sweep.

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Congress in this election scored a duck as in 2015 election, moreover, vote share of party also reduced substantially to 4.29 per cent. However, Congress leaders had revealed ahead of result day that ir party was tacitly backing AAP and hence did t do any intense campaigning in a bid to refrain BJP from coming to power in national capital. BJP, on or hand, taking a bitter pill has stated that it will contemplate loss and also expressed a slight delight on its increased seats and vote share, though t consequential.

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