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MCD Election Debacle: Delhi BJP Chief Adesh Gupta Resigns From Post

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OB Bureau

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janta Party’s (BJP) Delhi chief Adesh Gupta handed in his resignation on Sunday following the debacle at the election of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). The resignation has been accepted by the top brass of the BJP.

On Wednesday (December 7), The Aam Aadmi Party won the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections with 134 seats, ending the 15-year rule of the BJP in the civic body. Delhi recorded a voter turnout of 50.48 pc in the high-stakes municipal polls, results of which may have ramifications beyond the national capital.

The 134 wards won by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) included 36 reserved wards, as per results announced on Wednesday. The BJP striving to retain its hold on the civic body for the fourth time in a row managed to win 104 wards in all.

OB Bureau

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