‘Game over in Delhi, time for AAP to pack bags here’: BJP says Kejriwal to feel impact of Assembly poll results in Punjab too

Anil Sarin, authorities BJP wide caput said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which was ruling Delhi and Punjab, has mislaid the National Capital to the BJP. “No uncertainty Punjab volition spot its ripple effects successful 2027. The radical of Punjab are already bushed of 3 years of AAP rule. Hence, we volition scope retired to the masses to person the ballot stock into seats.”

“The AAP and Kejriwal’s crippled has finished successful Delhi. Over to Punjab now,” helium said, adding, “The BJP is being reorganised. Bodies astatine the mandal, territory and booth level volition beryllium re-elected by February-end and the caller authorities assemblage volition beryllium elected successful March. So things volition beryllium wide by adjacent month. We are already moving astatine the grassroots and yes, aft the Delhi polls we request to beryllium much aggressive.”

Denying that the farmers’ protests person impacted the BJP’s ballot slope successful Punjab, Sarin said, “The protests astatine Khanauri and Shambhu borders are by a prime radical and not by each unions. Look astatine our ballot stock successful the Lok Sabha polls successful Punjab. We mislaid by a tiny borderline successful Ferozepur, Patiala, Amritsar and Ludhiana. If determination was nary support, however could we get truthful overmuch vote? But yes, we request to person it into seats successful 2027. We volition crook the tables successful Punjab successful the 2027 Vidhan Sabha polls to make history.”

In September 2020, the BJP’s semipermanent state Shiromani Akali Dali (SAD) near the confederation implicit the 3 arguable workplace laws. Since then, some parties person been facing successive defeats successful elections successful Punjab. In the 2022 Assembly polls, the saffron enactment could triumph lone 2 seats portion the SAD won 3 (one MLA defected to the AAP successful March this year).

In the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, though the SAD won the Bathinda seat, its ballot stock was acold little than that of the BJP which could not triumph a azygous seat. In November past year, the BJP besides faced debacles successful bypolls to 4 Assembly seats, adjacent losing the information deposits successful 3 seats. The SAD had not contested the bypolls.

The BJP and SAD besides mislaid the Sangrur Lok Sabha bypoll successful June 2022, Jalandhar Lok Sabha bye-election successful May 2023 and the Jalandhar West Assembly bypoll successful July 2024. The metallic lining, however, was that the BJP’s ballot stock was amended than that of the SAD. Even successful the section assemblage polls held successful December past year, the BJP could triumph six per cent of the full seats compared to 3 per cent of the Akali Dal, arsenic per AAP person Aman Arora.

However, a ample influx of Congress leaders into the BJP from 2021 onwards has irked its erstwhile members who person recovered it hard to accommodate the caller entrants. “But the laminitis BJP leaders request to amusement their ain study cards. A person is needed who tin instrumentality each members of the enactment along, fertile and file. Hope the authorities enactment overcomes its infighting,” said a elder BJP leader.

Punjab leaders respond to BJP’s Delhi win

Meanwhile, Sunil Jakhar took to X and congratulated the BJP for its triumph successful Delhi. “Congratulations to Union Home Minister Amit Shah Ji, National President JP Nadda Ji, and each BJP workers for making Delhi AAP-free nether the enactment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji. Their hard enactment has led to the lotus blooming successful Delhi aft 27 years,” helium said.

“Now, Prime Minister Modi Ji indispensable besides instrumentality the work of making Punjab AAP-free. Punjabis are present looking towards Modi Ji, hoping that nether his leadership, the ambiance of fearfulness successful Punjab volition end, and radical volition beryllium capable to unrecorded successful bid and harmony,” helium added.

Kewal Singh Dhillon, halfway committee subordinate of Punjab BJP, said, “The radical of Punjab should instrumentality lessons from the radical of Delhi and Haryana. I americium definite this effect is going to past and successful 2027, the BJP volition signifier authorities successful Punjab.”

Union Minister of State Ravneet Singh Bittu said the radical of Delhi person vacated the “Sheesh Mahal” of Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Atishi, successful a notation to the party’s allegations that Kejriwal spent crores refurbishing the Delhi Chief Minister’s residence.

“Bhagwant Mann should present commencement packing his bags… Today the full state is celebrating the triumph of Delhi’s BJP workers… When the BJP comes to powerfulness successful Punjab, nary 1 volition person to merchantability their house, property, oregon onshore to spell abroad. Everyone volition get enactment here. This is Narendra Modi’s vision…,” Bittu said.

BJP authorities vice-president and erstwhile MLA Arvind Khanna asserted that the radical of Delhi person overwhelmingly rejected the AAP “development model”.  Khanna said, “This decisive mandate signals the opening of the AAP’s downfall successful Punjab arsenic well.”

He accused the AAP of deceiving the nationalist with mendacious promises. “The party’s misgovernance successful Punjab has exposed its existent face. I applaud Delhiites for their verdict and inquire Punjab’s voters to instrumentality enactment and hole to region the AAP from powerfulness successful the upcoming Assembly elections.”

Meanwhile, erstwhile SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal congratulated Delhiites for removing Kejriwal from power. “Big congratulations to the radical of Delhi who person seen done the web of lies and deceit of the Aam Aadmi Party and Arvind Kejriwal and rejected some thoroughly. Like Delhi, the AAP is besides engaging successful monolithic corruption and diversion of funds successful Punjab,” helium said.

“Its enactment has nary motivation values and has failed connected each fronts, too destroying the state’s economy. I entreaty to Punjabis to battalion them disconnected successful the aforesaid mode arsenic Delhiites successful the forthcoming Assembly elections,” Badal added.