New Delhi: Newly elected BJP MLA from New Delhi, Parvesh Verma, on Sunday, used a famous couplet by Pakistani poet Habib Jalib to take a dig at Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal.
Verma, who was previously a Lok Sabha MP, shared a 33-second video on X, quoting Jalib’s couplet: “Tum se pehle wo jo ek shakhs yaan takht-nasheen tha, usko bhi apne khuda hone pe itna he yakeen tha,” which translates to: “The one who sat on the throne earlier believed he was God.”
“इक शख्स जो यहां तख्त नशीं था,
उसको अपने खुदा होने पे बहुत यकीं था।” pic.twitter.com/pOIKsuxrlZ— Parvesh Sahib Singh (@p_sahibsingh) February 9, 2025
Parvesh Verma’s video mocks Kejriwal’s statement
The video appeared to mock Kejriwal’s statement, where he had claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would never be able to defeat AAP in Delhi in this lifetime.
The clip, posted by Verma, starts with Kejriwal addressing a rally, where he said, “I want to challenge Modi ji, you cannot defeat us in Delhi in this lifetime. You will have to be reborn.”
The video then shifts to a response from Prime Minister Modi, where he attacks AAP using the term “AAPda,” a play on the party’s name and the Hindi word for “disaster.” Modi said, “There is only one chorus in Delhi. We will not tolerate AAPda, we will bring change.”
The video concludes by displaying the final election results, showing the BJP winning 48 out of 70 seats, while AAP secured only 22.
BJP wins Delhi elections
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has returned to power in Delhi after more than 26 years, securing 48 out of 70 assembly seats and ending AAP’s decade-long rule. The election witnessed a significant shift in vote shares.
Over the past 10 years, BJP’s vote share in Delhi has increased by nearly 13 percentage points, while AAP’s vote share has declined by almost 10 percentage points.
The contest between BJP and AAP was closely fought, with only a two per cent difference in their vote shares. However, BJP managed a decisive victory, securing a strong majority. The results mark a major setback for AAP, which had dominated Delhi’s political landscape for the past decade.
