Ministers fail to make impact

NEWDELHI:The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) finished a distinct second in the municipal elections 2017, with most Delhi cabinet ministers failing to lead candidates in wards of their assembly constituencies to victories.

Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, who in the 2015 Assembly elections had won by an overwhelming majority, struggled in saving each of the fours wards that fall in his constituency. The party managed to win Vinod Nagar Ward with a difference of only 151 votes.

Delhi’s power and transport minister Satyendar Jain also put up a poor show with all three wards in his constituency going to the BJP.

Likewise, water minister Kapil Mishra’s constituency Karawal Nagar was swept by the BJP too. Only one ward, Khajoori Khas, was won by the AAP.

Labour minister Gopal Rai, who on Wednesday blamed AAP’s poor show on faulty EVMs, managed to win two out of four wards. In south Delhi, former law minister Somnath Bharti failed to make a mark as all three wards in his area went to the BJP.

Vidhan Sabha speaker Ram Niwas Goel’s constituency completely rejected the AAP in all four wards falling under his leadership. HTC