People have rejected shortcut politics, says PM Modi on Delhi election result

The Delhi Assembly election result has shown that the voters have rejected “shortcut politics”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday.

The Bharatiya Janata Party defeated the Aam Aadmi Party in the polls. While the BJP won in 48 constituencies, the Aam Aadmi Party bagged 21 seats. The halfway mark to gain a majority in the 70-member Assembly is 36 seats.

With this, the Hindutva party will return to power in the national capital after 26 years.

“They [AAP] were arrogant, thinking they owned Delhi, but they have now faced the truth,” Modi said while addressing BJP workers at the party headquarters. “Delhi’s mandate makes it clear that there is no place for lies in politics or shortcuts to power.”

“The people have short-circuited shortcut politics,” Modi said.

Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi says, “They were arrogant, thinking they owned Delhi, but they have now faced the truth. Delhi’s mandate makes it clear that there is no place for lies in politics or shortcuts to power. The people have rejected shortcut politics. Delhi has… pic.twitter.com/tTAeWyTFyc

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The prime minister alleged that “a party that was born out of an anti-corruption agitation became completely indulged” in corruption.

The Aam Aadmi Party was founded in 2012 following a nationwide anti-corruption movement in 2011.

“Their chief minister and ministers were sent to jail because…

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