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Atishi clung on to her south Delhi seat even as her colleagues, including party chief Arvind Kejriwal and former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, suffered shock defeats
The 43-year-old Atishi defeated BJP’s former MP Ramesh Bidhuri and the Congress’s Alka Lamba. (PTI)
It was a bittersweet victory for Atishi on Saturday as Delhi’s outgoing chief minister defeated her opponent Ramesh Bidhuri in Kalkaji but her party AAP lost the Delhi elections, ending its decade-long rule in the Capital.
Speaking to News18, Atishi said: “I would like to thank the people of Kalkaji for their support. It’s the mandate of people of Delhi and we accept it. But this is a setback for us.”
She also vowed to continue the fight against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which clinched a massive victory in the national capital after nearly three decades.
Atishi clung on to her south Delhi seat even as her colleagues, including party chief Arvind Kejriwal and former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, suffered shock defeats.
The 43-year-old leader defeated BJP’s former MP Ramesh Bidhuri and the Congress’s Alka Lamba. She became the chief minister after Kejriwal decided to step down once he got bail in a corruption case linked to Delhi’s now-scrapped liquor policy.
