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NEW DELHI: Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta on Sunday resigned from his post after party’s defeat in recently held Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections.
“Taking the responsibility of the defeat, I have given my resignation to the national president,” said Gupta.
The top brass of the Bharatiya Janata Party has accepted the resignation.
The AAP ended BJP’s 15-year rule at the civic body bagging 134 of 250 MCD wards, the results of which were declared on Wednesday.
The BJP lost the MCD polls at the hands of the AAP managing to win 104 wards.
On Saturday, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal claimed that ‘heavy BJP machinery’ was deployed during campaigning made the MCD polls the toughest election contested by the Aam Aadmi Party so far, accusing the saffron party of pressuring media to spread propaganda.
The AAP leaders have also accused the BJP of making efforts to poach councillors of the party amid speculations that the saffron party may make efforts to get its mayor elected in the MCD House.
“Taking the responsibility of the defeat, I have given my resignation to the national president,” said Gupta.
The top brass of the Bharatiya Janata Party has accepted the resignation.
The AAP ended BJP’s 15-year rule at the civic body bagging 134 of 250 MCD wards, the results of which were declared on Wednesday.
The BJP lost the MCD polls at the hands of the AAP managing to win 104 wards.
On Saturday, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal claimed that ‘heavy BJP machinery’ was deployed during campaigning made the MCD polls the toughest election contested by the Aam Aadmi Party so far, accusing the saffron party of pressuring media to spread propaganda.
The AAP leaders have also accused the BJP of making efforts to poach councillors of the party amid speculations that the saffron party may make efforts to get its mayor elected in the MCD House.
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