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MCD election live blog: AAP dethrones BJP after 15 years, wins majority

Kejriwal Government has succeeded to unseat the BJP in the Delhi MCD after 15-year-rein. The win comes contrary to the BJP’s spokesperson Ajay Sherawat’s statement who had claimed the win for the BJP.

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Kejriwal Government has succeeded to unseat the BJP in the Delhi MCD after 15-year-rein. The win comes contrary to the BJP’s spokesperson Ajay Sherawat’s statement who had claimed the win for the BJP.

The Kejriwal-led Party till now has crossed the halfway mark by winning 126 wards out of 250 wards after pulling far ahead of BJP as the Saffron party fail to chase behind even after bagging 97 wards according India Today’s report.

Aam Aadmi Party’s Raghav Chadha while talking to the media has launched an attack on the MCD ruling BJP as he stated that BJP got a befitting reply from the people of Delhi and added that that the people have voted for the one who works for development. In his statement, people by voting for Arvind Kejriwal in MCD has cleansed Arvind Kejriwal from BJP’s allegations.

According ABP’S report, the Arvind Kejriwal-led party is leading in 134 seats, whereas BJP is moving ahead in 103 seats. The grand old party is failing to maintain double digits as they lead in 9 seats. Other party candidates are moving ahead in 4 seats.

The AAP has won the 106 seats while the AAP’s counterpart BJP has won 85 wards according to State Election Commission. As the counting of votes closes toward conclusion, it is fair to suggest that the Aam Aadmi Party will unseat the Bhartiya Janata Party from the MCD after 15-year-long rein.

So far AAP is pulling away from BJP in the trends and till now the Arvind Kejriwal-led party have bagged 92 wards, whereas AAP’s counterpart BJP has won 73 wards, according to Times Now. it is also reported that 93% of votes have been counted so far.

Aam Aadmi Party leader and Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann stated that first Arvind Kejriwal unseated 15-yr-long incumbency of Congress rule in Delhi and will continue to do the same by dethroning the 15-yr-long BJP Incumbency in MCD. Punjab CM further added that this shows that people of Delhi don’t like politics of hatred, they vote for schools, hospitals, electricity, cleanliness & infrastructure.


Despite AAP’s much anticipated win in MCD elections, the BJP Spokesperson Ajay Sehrawat stated that the trends are going in BJP’s favor and further claimed a win for the BJP in the civic body elections. Sehrawat’s claims are contrary to the voting trends that favors the Aam Aadmi Party.

According to reports, the 82 percent of votes has been counted so far and as per for the NDTV reports, the AAP is leading in 131 wards, whereas, the BJP is leading in 104 wards. The grand old party is at 10 and other party candidates are leading in 4 wards.


Aam Aadmi party’s candidate from Sultanpuri A ward, Bobby Kinnar, has bagged a win for the AAP. Bobby Kinnar, who belongs to transgender community, has made history by winning and also contesting in a Civic body election.

Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta has claimed that the people of Delhi will take revenge from the Delhi CM and cited the issues of alleged corruption the Delhi CM indulged in. Delhi’s BJP chief further claimed a 4th term for the BJP in the MCD election.

The new voting trends suggest that AAP is leading in 129 wards, while the Saffron party is at 105 and the Congress is leading in 11 wards. Other parties till now are leading in 5 wards. 68% votes have been counted so far. According to States Election Commission, AAP has won 25 whereas BJP has won 26, grand old party has also succeeded to win 3.

Aam Aadmi Party’s Saurabh Bhardwaj told the media that the reason the BJP was postponing the MCD 2022 election in fear of the BJP losing their throne in the Civic Body. He further claimed that the Delhi people wants to see a change in power this year.


According NDTV’s reports, the AAP is leading in 131 wards, whereas the BJP is at 103. The grand old party comes back to 10 whereas the other candidates lead in 5 wards. The BJP and AAP have won 14 wards each as the neck and neck competition continues for the Civic Body Election.

According to Times of India reports, the trend continue to favor Aam Aadmi Party as AAP leads in 129 seats, while the BJP moves behind on 106. The grand old party is improving its tally as they lead in 11 wards.

The latest change in the stats show that the AAP is leading at 128 and BJP at 111 while the Congress trails behind in on 7, according to Times Now. Reportedly Punjab’s CM Bhagwant Mann and AAP MP Raghav Chadha reached the Delhi CM residence as the vote counting continues.

According to ABP, the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party is leading in 129 wards, while the BJP is closing in by leading in 106 wards. The grand old party has also hit double digits by leading in 10 wards, whereas others lead in 5 seats.


The Aam Aadmi Party continues to spark change in the trends as they lead in 122 wards. AAP’s counterpart BJP catches on at 115 and the Congress continues to trail behind at 8. Other party candidates lead in 5 according NDTV.

AAP makes a comeback as the Kejriwal-led party moves ahead on 123 whereas BJP find themselves in a turntable situation as they close in on AAP by leading on 121 seats. The Congress Party is leading at 6.

The BJP party is leading at 123 seats, whereas the Kejriwal-led party leads at 119 and the Congress continue to trail at 8, according to reports of Times Now.

According to State Election Commission data report, the Saffron party is leading by on 107 as AAP is closing in on 95. The Grand old party is ahead in 9 wards and NCP is at 1 and independents is leading in 3 wards.


The latest trends shows that BJP leads on 122 whereas its counterpart AAP is at 95 and the Congress shows a bit improvement by leading on 9 seats. Independent lead on 3 wards, whereas NCP is at 1. BJP Vice President, Rajeev Babbar stated that even thought the voting trends show the BJP below 90, the BJP will succeed to retain power in the MCD and it will be a BJP mayor.

According to Times of India, the voting trend hints at slight change as the BJP is at 126, AAP at 118 while the grand old party leads on 6 seats. The AAP supporters have gathered outside the residence of Arvind Kejriwal’s residence to congratulate him for an anticipated win, according to reports.

The voting trends imply toward a slight change as the Saffron Party is leading at 132, whereas the AAP is leading at 112. The Congress continue to lead on 6 seats.

The BJP in the Civic body elections is leading with 127, however, the AAP is not far behind at 117. Congress continue to be lead on 6 seats according to Times Now reports.


According to official trends, the Aam Aadmi Party’s Zakir Nagar candidate Salma Khan leads from her ward, AAP’s Vijayalakshmi leads in Nangloi Jaat ward, other AAP leaders who are leading include Pankaj Gupta leading in Sangam Vihar, Bina in Mayur Vihar and Ravindra Bhardwaj in Aman Vihar ward. AAP’s candidates lead in Madangir, Chandni Chowk, and Amar Colony.

BJP’s Karol Bagh candidate Usha leads from her ward BJP whereas another BJP candidate Anil Kumar Sharma is leading from riot-affected ward Maujpur. Shyam Kumar Mishra wins Mohan Garden ward. The Saffron Party also is coming up ahead in Rohini A and Rohini F wards, and Green Park. BJP also leads in Laxmi Nagar, Malviya Nagar, Chirag Delhi, Sadar Bazaar, Karawal, Dabri and East Patel Nagar. The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Renu Chaudhary winning Patparganj ward, which the home turf of Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia.


According to Times Now, The Kejriwal-led AAP is leading on 114, whereas the BJP is ahead on 129 seats. Congress changes trend as they lead on 6 seats. However, the AAP MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj claimed to stakes on 180 seats and further stated that mayor will be from the Aam Aadmi Party.

The battle for the Municipal body (Delhi) is coming up at a neck and neck contest between the BJP and the AAP as the BJP 120 and AAP is at 115. Congress sparks in trend as they lead on 12, and 3 others according to NDTV.

BJP is continues to lead on 127 seats, whereas, their counterpart AAP is catching on by taking a lead on 103 seats according to Times of India.

The Times Now has reported that the BJP is leading at 130 seats. The tussle between the BJP and the AAP has intensified as the BJP takes the lead. The grand old party is also trailing behind with just 4 seats.


The Vote counting for the MCD polls has commenced and the Aam Aadmi Party is eyeing to unseat the 15-year-long incumbency of BJP in the Delhi MCD elections. The civic body election were held on 4 December. In the early trends, the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP is winning in 100 seats, whereas its counterpart BJP is leading in 84 seats.

The Aam Aadmi Party, which has been in power in Delhi since 2015, looks set to emerge victorious in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi elections. The BJP, which has been holding the MCD for quite a while, looks like it will come second while the Congress will return single figures in the elections held to the city’s 250 wards.


An Aaj Tak exit poll said the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP is expected to win on 160 seats or thereabouts. The Times Now exit poll predicted a similar end for the Aam Aadmi Party, projecting it winning some 150 wards.

The Aaj Tak exit poll predicts BJP winning 69-91 wards and on the other hand, Times Now exit poll predicts the BJP will gain power in 84-94 wards.


The returns for the Congress seem below par as mentioned earlier. The voter turnout for the municipal polls was just 50 per cent, the elections were held on December 4. It needs to be remembered that this is a municipal election and not a high-stakes Assembly election unlike the one in Gujarat, the results for which will be out on Thursday, December 8, along with results for Himachal Pradesh.

Though it may have been a civic poll, the BJP and the AAP had put forward their whole machinery to win.

Data from the State Election Commission showed that there were 1,45,05,358 registered voters in Delhi overall, of which 78,93,418 were men, 66,10,879 were women, and 1,061 transgenders.


This is the first civic election after delimitation. From 2012 to 2022, Delhi had 272 wards and three corporations—North Delhi Municipal Corporation, South Delhi Municipal Corporation and the East Delhi Municipal Corporation—which were later reunified into a single MCD, which came back into being on May 22 this year. The North Delhi body is not to be confused with the New Delhi Municipal Council which is the civic body for what remains Lutyens’ Delhi.

The campaign promises the BJP had put forward, included waiver of property tax dues of 12 years among other things. This will be a fillip for the AAP since the Delhi government has been at the mercy of the MCD following the sweeper wage row which had led to the piling up of garbage all across the Capital.

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Priyanka Gandhi accompanies Robert Vadra to ED office for second day in Gurugram land probe

Robert Vadra, husband of Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi, appeared before the ED for the second day in the Gurugram land case.

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Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra accompanied her husband Robert Vadra to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office on Wednesday as he appeared for questioning for the second consecutive day in connection with the Gurugram land case.

Mr Vadra, the brother-in-law of Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, was seen exchanging a hug with Ms Gandhi before entering the ED office. He is under scrutiny in a money laundering probe linked to a 2008 land deal in Manesar-Shikohpur area, now known as Sector 83 of Gurugram.

Focus of the probe: land deal from Congress tenure in Haryana

The investigation stems from a land transaction executed by Skylight Hospitality Pvt Ltd, a company in which Mr Vadra was formerly a director. In February 2008, Skylight purchased 3.5 acres of land from Onkareshwar Properties for ₹7.5 crore. At that time, Haryana was governed by a Congress-led administration under then Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.

In September 2012, four years after the acquisition, Skylight sold the same land to real estate developer DLF for ₹58 crore. The deal later drew public attention after senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who was then heading the Land Consolidation and Land Records department in Haryana, cancelled the land mutation, citing violations of the State Consolidation Act and procedural discrepancies.

Haryana Police registered an FIR to examine the deal in 2018, further intensifying the legal scrutiny.

ED questions Vadra under PMLA

On Tuesday, Mr Vadra was questioned for nearly five hours by the ED under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), during which his statement was recorded. The businessman has consistently maintained that the case is part of a political vendetta and emphasized that he has cooperated fully with all investigative agencies, submitting numerous documents over the years.

Calling for a closure to what he described as a decades-old matter, Mr Vadra said cases like these should not be allowed to drag on indefinitely.

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Congress slams PM Modi, Amit Shah after ED files chargesheet against Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi

The ED’s chargesheet has accused the Congress leaders of money laundering under Sections 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

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The Congress on Tuesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah after the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) chargesheet against Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and others in the National Herald case.

Labelling it a blatant act of vendetta politics, the grand old party also condemned the seizure of the newspaper’s assets as a “state-sponsored crime disguised as justice,” vowing to fight back against what it calls an attempt to silence its leadership.

In a fiery statement on X, Congress general secretary in charge of communication Jairam Ramesh accused PM Modi and Shah of orchestrating a campaign of intimidation. “Filing chargesheets against Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and others is nothing but the politics of vendetta gone wild,” Ramesh posted. “Seizing National Herald’s assets is a mockery of the rule of law.”

Hitting out at Shah, the Congress leader accused him of going “completely berserk.” He asserted that the Indian National Congress and its leadership refuse to be silenced, stating: “Satyameva Jayate.”

The ED’s chargesheet has accused the Congress leaders of money laundering under Sections 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

Alongside Sonia and Rahul, it names Congress figures Suman Dubey and Sam Pitroda. Special Judge Vishal Gogne reviewed the document for cognisance, scheduling further proceedings for April 25, with the filing handled by ED’s special public prosecutor, N.K. Matta.

Ramesh asserted that the Congress remains undeterred, promising, “We will not be silenced, and the truth will triumph.” The chargesheet reignites a long-standing legal battle tied to the National Herald, a newspaper associated with the Congress since India’s independence era.

The Delhi Rouse Avenue Court has scheduled a hearing for arguments on the ongoing National Herald case for April 25, 2025.

During a recent session, the presiding judge stated, “The present prosecution complaint shall next be taken up for consideration on the aspect of cognisance before this court on April 25, 2025, when the special counsel for the ED and the investigating officer will ensure the production of case diaries for the court’s examination.”

The prosecution complaint, lodged under Sections 44 and 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) of 2002, pertains to allegations of money laundering, as outlined in Section 3, in conjunction with Section 70, and is punishable under Section 4 of the same act, as per the report.

This case has garnered significant attention, following a complaint filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy against Congress leaders Sonia and Rahul, their associated companies, and other individuals involved.

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Yogi Adityanath slams Mamata Banerjee over Bengal Waqf protest violence

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has criticized the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government following recent violent protests in Murshidabad over the Waqf Amendment Act. Referring to the unrest, Adityanath said “Bengal is burning” while its Chief Minister remains “silent”.

Addressing a public meeting in Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh, the BJP leader remarked that “danda” — the Hindi term for a stick — is the only effective solution against rioters. Drawing comparisons, he claimed that prior to 2017, when BJP came to power in Uttar Pradesh, riots were a frequent occurrence in the state.

“Danda is the only treatment for rioters. You can see, Bengal is burning. The Chief Minister is silent. She is calling rioters ‘peace ambassadors’,” he stated during his speech.

Adding further, Adityanath used a Hindi proverb to reinforce his stance: “Laton ke bhoot baaton se kahan manne wale hain,” which loosely translates to “Those who respond only to force don’t understand words.”

The Uttar Pradesh CM accused the West Bengal administration of enabling violence under the guise of secularism. “In the name of secularism, they have given freedom to rioters. The government is silent. Such anarchy should be controlled,” he added.

These remarks come amid growing political tension over the Waqf Amendment Act, with opposition voices criticizing both state and central policies. The violence in Murshidabad has drawn widespread attention, placing the West Bengal government under scrutiny.

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