Celebrations at AAP office after trends show party crossing halfway mark

Celebrations started at the Aam Aadmi Party office in the national capital after the trends showed that the party crossed the halfway mark in the Delhi Municipal Corporation elections on WednesdayThe party workers gathered in front of the office and rejoiced danced and chanted slogans praising party chief Arvind KejriwalAs the counting of votes progresses in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi polls both Bharatiya Janata Party BJP and Aam Aadmi Party AAP are claiming to win the polls but the latest trends suggest AAP securing 112 seats so far and leading in 20 while the BJP is leading on 14 wards winning 91 so farSpeaking to ANI BJP leader Parvesh Verma said that the people of Delhi have seen the lies of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and have voted for the BJPBJP contested well on issues amp exposed liescorruption of AAP They had said BJP will get 20 seats amp AAP will get 230 Its a necktoneck fight Polls results could be anything Final results yet to come but BJP hopeful of majority Delhi BJP chief Adesh GuptaPunjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann who was present on the occasion hailed Kejriwal stating that he uprooted the 15yearlong Congress rule in the city and he is doing the same with the BJP in MCDAlso Read Delhi MCD poll results AAP crosses majority mark of 126 as counting continuesArvind Kejriwal uprooted 15yearlong Congress rule in Delhi amp now the 15yrlong BJP rule in MCD It shows people of Delhi dont like politics of hatred they vote for schools hospitals electricity cleanliness and infrastructure he saidThe BJP has got the answer today that the people of Delhi vote for those who work and not for the ones who defame The BJP fielded its MPs Ministers CBI and ED but the people of Delhi still voted for the AAP The people have given a befitting reply to the BJP for the allegations that it levelled against Kejriwal We will make Delhi the most beautiful city in the world Raghav Chadha saidThe AAP is leading in 40 wards and has won 97 so far according to the latest data at 1230 pm while the BJP is leading in 25 wards and has won 75 so farThe highdecibel battle which was fought in the election campaign ahead of the polling on December 4 witnessed the claims and counterclaims by both parties BJP AAP of winning the elections however it all boils down to December 7 when the outcome of the election would be revealedThe polls for 250 wards in the national capital were held on December 4 with about 50 per cent voter turnout and a total of 1349 candidates were in the fray However the low voter turnout may not be an indicator of proincumbency with the exit polls predicting the AAP win in the MCD pollsCongress which is mostly focussing on the success of the Bharat Jodo Yatra was not predicted in the exit polls to be a prominent challenger in the recently conducted polling The party is predicted to get only a handful of seatsHowever the highstakes civic polls are largely seen as a threeway contest between the BJP the AAP and the CongressFor the counting the Commission has set up 42 counting centres across the city 68 Election Observers have already been deployed by the Commission under whose supervision the counting of votes shall be carried out by the Returning Officers in the presence of candidates or their representativesFurther the Commission has also deployed 136 engineers from Electronics Corporation of India Limited ECIL at these counting centres to attend to any technical issues regarding the EVMs which may arise during the counting of votesSpecial Media Rooms to facilitate viewing of live results on the Commissions web portal on the LED screens at these 42 counting centresThese centres are under multilayered security and entry of persons authorized by the Commission shall only be allowed by the security personnel deployed at these centresDelhi had witnessed highly charged campaigning by AAP and BJP which made top leaders including Union ministers chief ministers of BJPruled states and MPs hit the streets for doortodoor campaigning and meetings to garner public supportThe BJP which has governed the civic body in Delhi since 2007 is looking to maintain its winning streakThis was the first civic election after the fresh delimitation exercise There were 272 wards in Delhi and three corporations NDMC SDMC and EDMC in Delhi from 20122022 that later reunified into an MCD that had formally come into existence on May 22This 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