{"id":27155,"date":"2025-02-10T07:28:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T07:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=27155"},"modified":"2025-02-10T07:28:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T07:28:25","slug":"modis-hindu-nationalist-party-wins-election-in-delhi-after-27-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2025\/02\/modis-hindu-nationalist-party-wins-election-in-delhi-after-27-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Modi&#8217;s Hindu nationalist party wins election in Delhi after 27 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MONITORING (SW) &#8211; Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s Hindu nationalist party won elections in the sprawling megacity of Delhi for the first time in 27 years on Saturday, defeating one of his most prominent critics in a much-needed boost after losing its national majority last year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm6x4yd7p00053b6mxsqbei6p@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" data-analytics-observe=\"on\">Modi\u2019s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 48 seats in the capital territory\u2019s 70-member assembly, according to figures\u00a0posted online\u00a0by the Indian Election Commission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm6x4yd7p00063b6mnnoywugs@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" data-analytics-observe=\"on\">\u201cDevelopment wins, good governance triumphs,\u201d said Modi in a\u00a0post on X. \u201cI bow to my dear sisters and brothers of Delhi for this resounding and historic mandate.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-slot-dynamic ad-slot-dynamic--1\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/ad-slot-dynamic\/instances\/sharethrough@published\" data-placement=\"{&quot;mobile&quot;:{&quot;position&quot;:5},&quot;desktop&quot;:{&quot;position&quot;:3}}\" data-unselectable=\"true\">\n<div class=\"ad-slot\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/ad-slot\/instances\/cnn-v1@published\" data-path=\"end\/ad-slot-dynamic[0]\/items\" data-desktop-slot-id=\"ad_nat_btf_01\" data-mobile-slot-id=\"ad_nat_btf_01\" data-unselectable=\"true\">\n<div class=\"ad-slot__feedback ad-feedback-link-container\">\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of Arvind Kejriwal, one of Modi\u2019s most prominent opponents and former chief minister of the capital, won just 22 seats.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm6x4yd7p00083b6m3ef1w9wb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" data-analytics-observe=\"on\">\u201cWe accept the mandate of the people with great humility. I congratulate the BJP for this victory, and I hope they will fulfil all the promises for which people have voted them,\u201d Kejriwal said in a video statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm6x4yd7p000e3b6mab84fkfd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" data-analytics-observe=\"on\">Delhi, a sprawling city of some 20 million people, faces huge issues like access to housing and high levels of air pollution that blanket the city in\u00a0toxic smog for months each year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm6x4yd7p00093b6m2pbuslr0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" data-analytics-observe=\"on\">The capital has long been a stumbling block for the BJP electoral juggernaut, which has rolled across much of\u00a0India\u00a0over the past decade, with the party last holding power there in 1998.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm6x4yd7p000a3b6mm5ixps3c@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" data-analytics-observe=\"on\">The AAP, which grew out of a popular anti-corruption movement, has governed the capital \u2013 home to India\u2019s parliament and government buildings \u2013 since 2015.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm6x4yd7p000b3b6mwwqswr5q@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" data-analytics-observe=\"on\">Just before general elections in April last year, Kejriwal was arrested on graft charges that he and his party said were ordered by the BJP, something Modi\u2019s government has long denied.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm6x4yd7p000d3b6mebmid8lb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">Source: CNN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MONITORING (SW) &#8211; Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s Hindu nationalist party won elections in the sprawling megacity of Delhi for the first time in 27 years on Saturday, defeating one of his most prominent critics in a much-needed boost after losing its national majority last year. 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