BJP returns to power after 27 years
BJP returns to power after 27 years
New Delhi—The Bharatiya Janata party has returned to power in New Delhi, India’s capital, after 27 years.
Aam Aadmi Party(AAP)’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal suffered a major setback after the BJP won the elections. The BJP won 48 seats of the 70-strong Delhi assembly.
AAP, which grew out of an anti-corruption movement in 2012, tasted its first electoral success in Delhi and, according to AP, has ruled the territory, which includes India’s parliament and federal government offices in New Delhi, for two terms from 2015.
To counter AAP, the BJP promised monthly payments of 2,500 Indian rupees ($28) to all poor women, a one-time payment of 21,000 rupees to each pregnant woman, subsidized cooking gas, a monthly pension of 2,500 rupees for the elderly and 15,000 rupees for the youth to prepare for competitive exams, according to AP.
