Delhi assembly elections 2025: Atishi resigns, BJP steps in

Delhi Chief Minister Atishi handed over her resignation to Lt Governor V K Saxena on Sunday a day after her Aam Aadmi Party AAP faced a defeat in the Assembly polls Atishi who retained her Kalkaji seat handed over her resignation to Saxena at Raj Niwas officials said The LGrsquos office said that Saxena has asked the outgoing CM to continue on the post till formation of a new governmentThe BJP is expected to stake claim to power next week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi returns from a foreign visit party leaders said ldquoHonrsquoble Lt Governor Shri VK Saxena today received the resignation of Honrsquoble CM Ms Atishi He asked her to continue in her position till the formation of the new governmentrdquo Raj Niwas Delhi posted from its official X handleThe LG dissolved the Delhi Assembly effective from Saturday February 8 A notification by the assembly secretariat issued a day before read ldquoIn exercise of the power conferred upon me by subsection 2b of section 6 of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act 1991 I Vinai Kumar Saxena Lieutenant Governor of Delhi hereby dissolve the Seventh Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi with effect from February 8 2025rdquoBJP celebrates with victory ralliesA day after the BJP returned to power in Delhi the partyrsquos winning candidates held thanksgiving rallies in their respective constituencies on Sunday The candidates celebrated their success by distributing sweets cutting cakes and thanking voters for supporting them The BJP returned to power in Delhi after more than 26 years winning 48 of the 70 ssembly seats The AAP won 22 seats while the Congress drew a blank8037 candidates lose depositsCongress candidates lost their security deposits on all but three seats as nearly 80 per cent of all contenders including those contesting independently forfeited their deposits All the candidates of the AAP BJP and its allies Janata Dal United and LJP Ram Vilas managed to save their security depositsBJPrsquos vote share surges AAPrsquos plungesAAP leader and Delhi chief minister Atishi submits her resignation to Lt Governor VK Saxena in New Delhi PicPTIThe BJPrsquos vote share in Delhi has grown by nearly 13 percentage points in the last 10 years while the AAPrsquos vote share has declined by nearly 10 percentage points during the same period In the keenly contested Assembly polls in Delhi there was a difference of only two per cent between the vote shares of the BJP and AAP The saffron party has stormed to power in the national capital by winning 48 of the 70 seats restricting AAP to 22 seats The BJP was out of power in the national capital for over 26 years but riding on a spirited campaign it not only swept the AAP but also ensured that its heavyweights including chief Arvind Kejriwal had to taste defeatBJP hunts for new Delhi CMBJP president JP NaddaBJP president JP Nadda met Union Home Minister Amit Shah as the partyrsquos exercise to pick the new Delhi chief minister gathered pace a day after it won the assembly polls and ended a more than 26year spell out of power Senior leaders including PM Narendra Modi had held consultations at the BJP headquarters on Saturday as well after Modi delivered a victory speech to jubilant party workers With the BJP making impressive gains in every region and among most communities in the polls it has been left with a wide pool of potential chief ministerial candidatesTejashwi Delhi results wonrsquot affect BiharRJD leader Tejashwi Yadav dismissed suggestions that the BJPrsquos stupendous victory in the Delhi assembly polls will have an impact in Bihar where elections are due later this year He also said that a return to power after nearly 26 years made it incumbent upon the BJP to fulfil the promises made to the people of Delhi Yadav who is now the leader of the opposition in the state assembly briefly replied to questions from journalists about the verdict in DelhiThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever