Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday swept Punjab Zila Parishad Elections winning 218 out of 347 zones. Congress remained at number 2 position winning 62 zones, SAD at 3 winning 46 zones, while BJP won in 7 zones.
Earlier on Thursday afternoon, AAP National Convener Arvind Kejriwal addressed a joint press conference with Punjab CM Bhagwant Singh Mann. Addressing the press conference, Arvind Kejriwal said, "The results show that the Aam Aadmi Party has swept the elections in the rural belts of Punjab. It shows that there Aam Aadmi Party wave in Punjab."
"In both Zila Parishad and Block Panchayat Samiti, AAP has won almost 70 percent of seats. This shows that people in rural areas have expressed their faith in Bhagwant Mann government in Punjab."
Kejriwal further outlined, "The election that took place in 2013 and 2018, it happened with abuse of power (dhakkasahi). There was no videography of counting. This election was fair as video recording has been done and all evidence is present."
"There are 580 seats out of total where candidates have won with less than 100 vote margin. Out of these 580 seats, AAP has won 261, 319 have won by the opposition. If we would have misused the machinery, we just had to call DC and SDM, so these 319 seats that the opposition parties have won, these two would have been won by the Aam Aadmi Party. But, we did not misused our power."
"Let me give you some more numbers of Zila Parishad Election. In Sagrur's Phagwala Zone, Congress has won by merely 5 votes. If the opposition has won by a mere 5 votes, then what else proof do you need that election was conducted in free and fair manner. Sri Mukatsar Sahib's Kot Bhai Zone is again won by Congress by just 41 votes."
