Afterlosing the ground in the recent Gujarat local body and municipal corporationelections, the Congress found a "ray of hope" with its victory in oneof the five seats in the MCD bypolls as results were declared earlier onWednesday, boosting the party to prepare its strategy for the election on all272 wards next year.
TheAAP put on a good show in the five bye-elections to the Municipal Corporationof Delhi (MCD) on Wednesday, winning four seats including Kalyanpuri, Rohini-C,Shalimar Bagh (North), and Trilokpuri. The Congress won the Chauhan Bangerward. In the last polls, AAP had won four seats while one seat was held by theBJP.
Congresscandidate Chaudhary Zubair Ahmad defeated AAP candidate Mohammad Ishraq Khan by10,642 votes in Chauhan Bangar ward.
Thevictory as per the Congress leaders is a "ray of hope" as itscandidate at Chauhan Bangar area registered an impressive win defeating the AAPcandidate by more than 10,000 votes.
Reactingon the results, Shakti Singh Gohil, in-charge of Delhi for the Congress, said,"This is the victory of the people of Delhi and the hard work of Congressworkers."
Askedabout the grand old party's defeat in other fives wards in Delhi, the Congresssays it will "assess" the loopholes but made it clear that people inthe national capital have shown their attraction towards the party and votedagainst the anti-people policies of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Whilethe Congress insiders say that the AAP was wiped out due to the erosion ofminority votes in Chauhan Bangar, the party's future plan is to work hard togain confidence of others in Delhi before the elections to all 272 MCD wards in2022.
TheMDC polls were conducted last Sunday in two wards -- Rohini-C and Shalimar Bagh(North) -- in the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC), and three wards--Trilokpuri, Kalyanpuri and Chauhan Banger -- in the East Delhi MunicipalCorporation (EDMC).
WhileShalimar Bagh (North) is reserved for women, Trilokpuri and Kalyanpuri arereserved for the Scheduled Caste (SC) category. The voter turnout recorded was50.86 per cent.
Ofthe five wards, four were held by the AAP councillors who went on to becomeMLAs on party tickets. Shalimar Bagh North had a BJP councillor.