Be it office bearers or party leaders, an abuzz party office wore a deserted look without nagging show-offs and flamboyance that once dominated 11 Ashok Road. The silence which followed after the results was deafening.
Disgruntled AAP leader Shazia Ilmi was seen in the party office roaming carelessly with a grin on her face. She was speechless and avoided to delve deep in to the poll results and introspect. “Abhi nahi baad mein (Not now.. Later),” she replied, when asked by Millennium Post to respond over AAP’s outstanding performance in the election.
A section of party spokespersons including Sambit Patra, Shrikant Sharma and the likes were seen busy in defending the party while “sticking” on to the poll percentage arithmetic. They claimed that their vote percentage was nearly 32 per cent, which is almost the same as it was in the previous election.
“It was the Congress and others’ vote shares, which went completely with the AAP,” one of the party
leaders said. “We want AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal to prove himself after securing such a clear mandate,” he added.
Unlike previous occasions, the media enclosure this time was made in a haste.
At a time when Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad was briefing the media, series of AAP rallies went past the party office, screaming: “Panch Saal Kejriwal (Five years Kejriwal)”.
Though it made some of the party leaders and activists uncomfortable, a section of the media could not hold back their smirk.
While some hurriedly went inside their cabins, others ignored the newbie party’s vivacious slogans. Even the security guards at the party office expressed their sorrow over the devastating results.
“This is the first-ever defeat of party president Amit Shah and the worst performance after 1951,” another party leader said.
Party candidate from Janakpuri, Jagdish Mukhi, entered the office in the evening, but avoided the media regarding questions on possible reshuffle within the party. Soon, he entered the main building after having a brief chat with state BJP chief Satish Upadhyay.
When Upadhyay was asked whether anyone in the state BJP unit has resigned or not (after the unexpected poll results), he said: “So far no one.” He, however, preferred to stay quiet throughout his presence in the party headquarters.
Disgruntled AAP leader Shazia Ilmi was seen in the party office roaming carelessly with a grin on her face. She was speechless and avoided to delve deep in to the poll results and introspect. “Abhi nahi baad mein (Not now.. Later),” she replied, when asked by Millennium Post to respond over AAP’s outstanding performance in the election.
A section of party spokespersons including Sambit Patra, Shrikant Sharma and the likes were seen busy in defending the party while “sticking” on to the poll percentage arithmetic. They claimed that their vote percentage was nearly 32 per cent, which is almost the same as it was in the previous election.
“It was the Congress and others’ vote shares, which went completely with the AAP,” one of the party
leaders said. “We want AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal to prove himself after securing such a clear mandate,” he added.
Unlike previous occasions, the media enclosure this time was made in a haste.
At a time when Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad was briefing the media, series of AAP rallies went past the party office, screaming: “Panch Saal Kejriwal (Five years Kejriwal)”.
Though it made some of the party leaders and activists uncomfortable, a section of the media could not hold back their smirk.
While some hurriedly went inside their cabins, others ignored the newbie party’s vivacious slogans. Even the security guards at the party office expressed their sorrow over the devastating results.
“This is the first-ever defeat of party president Amit Shah and the worst performance after 1951,” another party leader said.
Party candidate from Janakpuri, Jagdish Mukhi, entered the office in the evening, but avoided the media regarding questions on possible reshuffle within the party. Soon, he entered the main building after having a brief chat with state BJP chief Satish Upadhyay.
When Upadhyay was asked whether anyone in the state BJP unit has resigned or not (after the unexpected poll results), he said: “So far no one.” He, however, preferred to stay quiet throughout his presence in the party headquarters.