{"id":89268,"date":"2022-12-06T15:33:51","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T10:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/?p=89268"},"modified":"2022-12-06T15:33:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T10:03:53","slug":"arvind-kejriwal-reacts-to-exit-polls-on-poor-aap-show-in-gujarat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/arvind-kejriwal-reacts-to-exit-polls-on-poor-aap-show-in-gujarat\/","title":{"rendered":"Arvind Kejriwal Reacts To Exit Polls On Poor AAP Show In Gujarat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>New Delhi:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arvind Kejriwal today responded to exit polls predicting an abysmal result for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Gujarat &#8211; where the party had mounted a grand campaign to challenge the ruling BJP &#8211; and a roaring victory in Delhi civic polls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An aggregate of exit polls yesterday predicted an AAP sweep in the Delhi civic body election but a flop show in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Gujarat, AAP will win eight of 182 seats, staying well below the Congress (38 with allies). With a glitzy and energetic campaign, the party had pitched itself as the alternative to the Congress as main opposition in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AAP leaders claimed the polls would be proved wrong and the party would, in fact, win closer to 100 seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The results are positive,&#8221; said Arvind Kejriwal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;For a new party to get 15 to 20 per cent vote share, that too in a BJP stronghold, is a big deal,&#8221; the Delhi Chief Minister remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Wait till day after tomorrow (counting day).&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The poll of polls projected that AAP would win big in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, ending the BJP&#8217;s 15-year reign in the first election since the re-unification of the municipal corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I congratulate the people of Delhi. The exit polls showed that the people of Delhi have once again put their faith in AAP. I hope this will be the result&#8230;We will wait till tomorrow,&#8221; Mr Kejriwal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi:&nbsp; Arvind Kejriwal today responded to exit polls predicting an abysmal result for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Gujarat &#8211; where the party had mounted a grand campaign to challenge the ruling BJP &#8211; and a roaring victory in Delhi civic polls. An aggregate of exit polls yesterday predicted an AAP sweep in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89268"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89270,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89268\/revisions\/89270"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}