Delhi Elections: Yechury congratulates Kejriwal for giving a 'befitting reply' to BJP

CPI (M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Tuesday congratulated Aam Admi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal and people of Delhi for defeating BJP. Taking to Twitter, Yechury called BJP's politics full of 'hate' and 'violence'. 

According to Election Commission of India (ECI) trend at 2:00 PM, AAP is leading by 57 seats, while BJP has bagged 13 seats out of total 70-seat Assembly in national capital. Furr, AAP convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was leading in New Delhi constituency with 26,626 votes, defeating BJP's Sunil Kumar Yadav at 12,349 votes.

Prashant Kishor thanks Delhi

As AAP is set to win Delhi Assembly polls as per EC trend, election strategist Prashant Kishor took to Twitter and thanked people of Delhi. 

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Delhi Assembly elections

Delhi Assembly polls have witnessed an intense campaign by three contending parties - Congress, BJP and AAP with 672 candidates in fray. Amid controversy over delay in vote count, Election Commission on Sunday evening declared  voter turut to be 62.59 per cent in national capital.

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In previous elections, AAP had won an astounding 67 seats in first big jolt to BJP after Narendra Modi's sensational triumph in 2014 Lok Sabha elections. BJP had mand to win just 3 seats. Kiran Bedi, a former AAP leader among or achievements, was BJP's CM candidate in ill-fated election.

Read: AAP leads with over 10k votes in 15 seats, BJP's Jagdish Pradhan ahead by 26k votes from Mustafabad

Exit Poll Survey

After voting of national capital concluded on Saturday, Republic TV Jan Ki Baat released exit poll for state to get a projection of what to expect on counting day. 70-seat Delhi Assembly which finished its polling on Saturday is projected to be won by AAP, revealed survey. 

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