New Delhi: In a massive setback for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Delhi's former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia conceded defeat from the Jangpura Assembly seat. Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) Tarvinder Singh Marwah remained victorious from the seat with a narrow margin. Manish is one of the founding members of the AAP. Meanwhile, Congress's Farhad Suri came at the distant third spot.
Speaking to reporters, Sisodia asserted that the people have supported him really well and affirmed hope that BJP's candidate will work for the constituency.
"Party workers fought well; we all did hard work. People have supported us as well. But, I lost by 600 votes. I congratulate the candidate who won. I hope he will work for the constituency," he said.
Notably, Sisodia was contesting from the Jangpura seat for the first time. Earlier, he had the Patparganj seat three times in 2013, 2015 and 2020.
According to the current trends from the Election Commission, the BJP is poised to form the government in Delhi after 27-years. The party is currently leading on 48 seats while the AAP on 22. Congress has not even opened its account in the Delhi elections.
In another setback for the AAP, former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal also lost the New Delhi seat.
AAP's top leadership including Delhi Chief Minister Atishi, Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj, leader Satyendra Jain are all trailing from their respective seats.
The polling for the 70-member Delhi Assembly took place in a single phase on February 5.
