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STRIPPED of the aura of invincibility: Anti-corruption "Mango Party" routs Narendra Modi's BJP in the Delhi elections! A warning to FFP? 

10/2/2015

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Supporters of India's Aam Aadmi Party have been celebrating outside the party office
PictureElection victor - Kejriwal
New Delhi (AFP) - India's Narendra Modi on Tuesday suffered his first major election setback since becoming prime minister last May, as anti-corruption campaigner Arvind Kejriwal won a landslide victory in Delhi state polls.

Modi's Hindu nationalist party won just three of the 70 seats in the Delhi assembly in elections held over the weekend, dealing a setback to his efforts to consolidate power and push through much-needed economic reforms.

Former Delhi chief minister Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi (Common Man) Party won 67 seats, according to official results released hours after Modi conceded defeat and promised the city's new leader his government's "complete support".

Analysts said the result was a blow for a prime minister who has enjoyed an extended honeymoon with voters since his landslide general election victory.

Kejriwal's win marks a stunning comeback for the anti-graft champion and self-styled anarchist, who resigned following a chaotic 49-day spell in charge of the Delhi state government a year ago.

"Thanks for the unprecedented victory," Kejriwal, a former tax official-turned politician, told hundreds of cheering supporters outside AAP headquarters in Delhi.

"But it's very scary, the kind of support the people of Delhi have extended and the mandate we have been given, I appeal to the AAP workers and leaders not to be arrogant," Kejriwal said, as supporters showered him in petals.

After apologising this month for leaving voters without an elected government for a year, Kejriwal was the star of the election campaign, outshining a former policewoman who was the BJP's pick for chief minister.

Rattled by Kejriwal's popularity, Modi headlined several major rallies, portraying his rival as a "back-stabber" who betrayed voters last time round by quitting so early.

But Kejriwal's pledges to tackle entrenched corruption and lower utility bills won over legions of working-class voters willing to give him a second chance. He will be sworn in as chief minister on Saturday.

Congress, which has dominated politics since India's independence, suffered another mauling after being thumped at the general election, winning no seats.

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Yep
10/2/2015 03:50:52 pm

aam aadmi party - that is the party of ordinary citizens fed up with dishonest,lying, corrupt politicians.
In the case of the Fiji First Theft Party it did not win the elections fair and square. It stole the elections. And the people will eventually decide enough is enough of the lying and dishonesty and the corruption.

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Mahen
11/2/2015 12:03:33 am

This had nothing to do with arrogance or Modi. This are the promises that got the voters-

Education loan for all Delhi students,

500 new schools and 20 new colleges

Increase in budget for healthcare from Rs 2,700 crore to Rs 4,000 crore

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Health cards for all residents |

Create 900 new Primary Health Centres (PHCs) |

30,000 more beds in Delhi’s hospitals.

5000 new buses.-1000 BUSES PER YEAR FOR 5 YEARS! (85 NEW BUSES PER MONTH!)

25,000 flats would be allotted under the EWS category to the poor.

Lifelinewater of 700 litres per day to each family.

Freewater up to 20,000 litres for all per month.

CCTV coverage for the entire city,

marshals in buses

200000 Public toilets,

150000 CCTV cameras to cover the entire city.

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Rajend Naidu
11/2/2015 03:31:12 pm

Rock star PM Narendra Modi's kite was flying high and then it got "kadam" in Delhi !

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