BJP wins North and East civic body bypolls, says people’s mandate clear

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday emerged victorious in the North and East Delhi Municipal Corporations bypolls, in what the party claimed was the “semi-final to assembly elections” due later this year.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday emerged victorious in the North and East Delhi Municipal Corporations bypolls, in what the party claimed was the “semi-final to assembly elections” due later this year.

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Buoyed by the victory of his party, Delhi BJP chief Vijay Goel on Tuesday said people in the National Capital have “rejected” Congress and demanded Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit’s resignation.

“It is referendum on Delhi government’s working. The writing is on the wall. People have rejected Congress and I am sure it would get a greater drubbing in the upcoming Assembly polls,” Goel said.

“The Chief Minister should immediately step down after this drubbing,” he added.

Goel said power and water tariff hike was one of the key issues in the election and Congress should take this defeat as a wake-up call to serve the people better. “If we come to power, we will reduce power tariff by 30%. We would soon come up with a 10-point programme to bring power tariff down in the national capital,” he said.

“The Sheila Dikshit government has lost the trust of people,” leader of opposition in Assembly Vijay Kumar Malhotra said.