Because the BJP galloped in the direction of an enormous win in Haryana, pulling off an sudden turnaround, Arvind Kejriwal mentioned Tuesday that the “greatest lesson” from the outcomes was that one ought to by no means be overconfident.
Mr Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Get together or AAP, going it alone on 89 seats, did not open its account within the state.
The BJP, defying exit ballot predictions, is about for a file third straight time period in Haryana. It’s main in 50 of the 90 seats.
“Allow us to see what the outcomes are in Haryana. The largest lesson of that is that one ought to by no means be overconfident within the elections,” Mr Kejriwal informed a gathering of the AAP municipal councillors.
Many additionally noticed his phrases as a swipe on the Congress, which halted its untimely victory celebrations in Haryana quickly because the leads flipped.
The Congress, AAP’s INDIA alliance associate on the nationwide stage, slipped to the second place after racing to the highest within the first hour. Proving exit polls improper, the BJP maintained its lead and widened the hole, staying heading in the right direction for a hat-trick regardless of anti-incumbency.
AAP candidates have been trailing on nearly all of the seats behind their BJP and Congress opponents.
“No election needs to be taken flippantly. Every election and every seat is hard,” Mr Kejriwal suggested.
The previous Delhi Chief Minister had earlier, whereas campaigning in Haryana, asserted that no authorities may very well be fashioned within the state with out AAP’s help.
AAP, nevertheless, managed to spring a shock win in Jammu and Kashmir, the place polls have been held after a decade. The occasion’s Mehraj Malik, who handed his occasion a first-ever election win in 2020 native physique polls – gained the Doda seat in the present day, wresting it from the BJP.
The BJP’s Shakti Raj gained Doda within the 2014 election, however the seat has historically flipped between the Nationwide Convention and the Congress because the first ballot in 1962.