AAP Wins 28 Seats

POLLS// Just after three days of the Assembly Elections results, the formation of a new government in Delhi hung in balance, as both BJP and AAP failed to get adequate numbers and opted for re-election. Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP, which registered an emphatic win by winning 28 seats in the 70-member Delhi Assembly, said it was ready for re-poll, especially emphasising that in the re-poll it would contest the BJP only.

On December 23, 2013, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal met Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung and staked a claim to form the next government in Delhi. “I have handed over the letter to the Lt. Governor stating that we are ready to form a government in Delhi,” Kejriwal told the press on that day. “As soon as the President orders it, the date for the oath ceremony will be fixed. The oath will be taken at Ram Lila Maidan,” he said. Television reports had earlier indicated that the oath-taking ceremony would happen on December 26. Kejriwal had earlier said that AAP has decided to form the Government in Delhi with Congress’ support. “We have got overwhelming participation of people during the public meetings. About 80 per cent of them have favoured that party should form the government,” he said. AAP leader Manish Sisodia said that out of 280 jan sabhas conducted by the party, in 257 sabhas, people wanted the party to form the government in New Delhi.