In the Assembly Election held on Dec 04,2013,the counting of votes took place on Sunday Dec 08,2013
The Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) dethroned the Congress on Sunday Dec 08,2013 and emerged
as the single largest party in the Delhi Assembly election, winning 31
of the 70 seats, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) stole the show in its debut
by scooping securing 28 seats.Congress got only 8 seats
In a triangular electoral contest for the first time, the electorate in
Delhi sprung a surprise by throwing a situation where no party is in a
clear position to form the government on its own
Beginning with allegations of corruption in the 2010 Commonwealth Games,
the Congress Govt took the beating on account of rising
prices, high power and water rates. Though it was credited with
development of infrastructure, bringing in Delhi Metro, setting up
educational institutions, the party failed to decode a strong
undercurrent of AAP and aspirations of the young voters — a majority
being first-timers — who turned out in large numbers to cast their votes
Several hours after the picture became clear, none of the three parties
talked about government formation. The AAP asserted that it would play a
role of constructive opposition, while former BJP chief Nitin Gadkari
said the party would form the government only if it got support in the
natural process otherwise “we would like to sit in the Opposition.”
The highlight of the AAP’s sterling performance is that several of its
political nonentities proved giant killers by defeating Congress
stalwarts such as -
- four-time MLA Chaudhary Prem Singh
- PWD Minister Raj Kumar Chauhan
- Education Minister Kiran Walia
- Transport Minister Ramakant Goswami and
- Health Minister A.K. Walia.
AAP supporters wave the ‘broom’ celebrating their party’s impressive results in New Delhi on Sunday
Delhi Faces Hung Assembly
The phenomenal rise of the Aam Aadmi Party notwithstanding, the Delhi Assembly elections have thrown up a hung verdict.
With the BJP bagging 31 seats in the 70-member Assembly, followed by the AAP with 28 seats and the Congress with 8 seats uncertainty prevails over government-formation.
One seat each has gone to -
an Independent – Rambeer Shokeen from Mundka
Shoaib Iqbal of Janata Dal (United) from Matia Mahal
the Akali Dal candidate(an ally of the BJP.)Manjinder Singh Sirsa from Rajouri Garden
JD (U) National President Sharad Yadav has declared that his party would not support the BJP.
The BJP’s chief ministerial candidate, Harsh Vardhan, said on Sunday night that he would not stake claim to form government as his party was short of a clear majority. “And honestly, I think selflessly, I prefer to sit in the Opposition, try and help any government that is there in the offing by anyone and support them for the people’s cause,” he said
Delhi BJP’s chief ministerial candidate Harsh Vardhan plunged into electoral politics over two decades ago with a win from the Krishna Nagar Assembly constituency on the saffron party’s ticket in 1993 and became a member of the first Legislative Assembly.
He was then appointed the Minister of Health and Minster
of Law in the Government of Delhi. He later became the Minister of
Education in 1996.
It was during his stint as the Health Minister that
he launched the Polio Eradication Plan in October 1994. The programme
was successful and later adopted throughout the country by the
Government of India.
Dr. Harsh Vardhan was re-elected in 1998 and 2003 and again in 2008
BJP not to stake claim to form the Govt
Finding their tally falling ‘significantly short’ of the
magic 36-mark in the 70-member Delhi Assembly, the BJP has decided not to stake claim to form the government in a hurry.
Party
sources said the position was “evaluated” at a meeting on Sunday
evening held at the residence of former national president and Delhi
in-charge Nitin Gadkari.
The meeting was attended by
a number of senior Delhi BJP leaders including State unit president
Vijay Goel, chief ministerial candidate Harsh Vardhan, Leader of
Opposition in the outgoing Assembly V. K. Malhotra, organisational
secretary Vijay Sharma, former Mayor Arti Mehra, former Delhi unit
president Vijender Gupta and a number of winning candidates .
With
the BJP managing 31 seats and falling short of the half-way mark and
not finding many allies among the rest to form the government, the
meeting decided to adopt a wait-and-watch approachAAP chief Arvind Kejriwal (C) along with other leaders celebrating the party's victory in the Delhi Assembly polls on Sunday Dec 08,2013
Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) has made it clear that it would neither take nor give any kind of support to either the Congress or the BJP
the Aam Admi Party on Tuesday Dec 10,2013 maintained that it would neither take nor extend support to either the BJP or the Congress as the new party was formed as an alternative to them.
After a meeting of senior AAP leaders at its chief
Arvind Kejriwal’s residence here, the party said it would not stake
claim to form government and prefer to sit in the opposition.
“We
cannot support BJP or Congress as AAP was formed as an alternative to
them. People had supported us so that we can establish an alternative
politics in the country,” AAP leader Prashant Bhushan said
BJP’s Madan Lal Khurana became the first Chief Minister in 1993 after 70-seat Assembly was created.He was replaced by Saheb Singh Verma and just before the 1998 election, the party brought in Sushma Swaraj as the third Chief Minister in the midst of soaring onion prices and worsening law and order situation.
Winning 52 seats, the Congress wrested power in Delhi from the BJP in 1998
Sheila Dikshit of Congress notched the hat-trick in 2003 and 2008 47 seats in 2003 and 43 in 2008
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