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New Delhi (IANS): The Aam Aadmi Party swept the Delhi Assembly polls with 62 seats, five less than in 2015, according to the final results announced by the Election Commission on Tuesday night. The opposition BJP got eight seats — up from three in 2015, while the Congress remained at zero. The victory of the AAP ensured a hat trick for its national convener Arvind Kejriwal in the office of Delhi Chief Minister. All the Kejriwal government ministers retained their seats with a decent margin, though Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia saw a see-saw battle before he was declared winner from his Patparganj seat in east Delhi. Kejriwal is the second person after Congress leader Sheila Dikshit to become the Chief Minister of the city for the third time. The AAP had won 67 of the 70 Assembly seats in 2015, barring Rohini, Vishwas Nagar and Mustafabad which had gone to the BJP.

This time, the BJP lost Mustafabad but retained Rohini and Vishwas Nagar, and also went on to win Gandhi Nagar, Ghonda, Karawal Nagar, Laxmi Nagar and Rohtas Nagar and Badarpur. The Congress drew a blank again, and also saw its vote share go down from that in 2015. The vote share of AAP also declined from 54.34 per cent in 2015 to 53.6 per cent, while the BJP’s vote share has increased from

32.19 per cent in 2015 to 38.5 per cent. The vote share of the Congress dropped to 4.26 per cent this time from 2015’s 9.65 per cent. Also, the voter turnout of the city was about five per cent less from that in 2015. In the 2013 Assembly polls, while the Congress had secured a vote share of 24.55 per cent, the BJP had secured 33.07 per cent vote share and the AAP, which was contesting for the first time, had secured 29.49

New Delhi / Washington (IANS): US President Donald Trump will get a red carpet welcome in Gujarat later this month -- on a grander scale than the event organized for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Houston, Texas, last year. Sources said the government is organizing ‘Kem Chho, Trump’, the Gujarati equivalent of Texas event ‘Howdy Modi’ in Prime Minister’s home state, Gujarat for Trump and his wife Melania. In a tweet, Prime Minister Modi hinted at the ongoing preparations for President Trump’s two-day visit on February 24. “Extremely delighted that

POTUS Donald Trump and First Lady will visit India on 24th and 25th February. India will accord a memorable welcome to our esteemed guests. This visit is a very special one and it will go a long way in further cementing India-US friendship,” Modi tweeted. Recalling that “India and USA share a common commitment to democracy and pluralism”, Modi said, “Our nations are cooperating extensively on a wide range of issues. Robust friendship between our nations augurs well not only for our citizens but also for the entire world.” Trump at a press conference

in Washington DC on Tuesday revealed that Modi has organized a grand welcome for him in Ahmedabad. “He (PM Modi) said we will have millions and millions of people. My only problem is that last night we probably had 40 or 50,000 people... I’m not going to feel so good... There will be five to seven million people just from the airport to the new stadium (in Ahmedabad),” he quipped. Among world leaders, Trump and Modi, share a very good rapport with each other. Sources said Trump and Modi will do a roadshow from the Ahmedabad airport and visit

Arvind Kejriwal waves at party workers and supporters from his office balcony.

per cent. The AAP and the Congress joined hands to form Arvind Kejriwal’s 49day government. The Aam Aadmi Party had changed the political picture of Delhi since its formation in 2012. While the assembly polls before 2012 were between the Congress and the BJP, the assembly elections since 2013 had been all about AAP in Delhi. The BJP got its highest vote share in the first-ever Delhi Assembly polls in 1993 — 42.82 per cent votes — and had formed a government. The vote share of Congress was 34.48 per cent during that time. Later, between 1998 and 2008, the Congress was elected having more than 40 per cent vote share. While the BJP’s vote share in 1998, 2003 and 2008 was 34.02 per cent, 35.22 per cent and 36.33 per cent, that of Congress was 47.76 per cent, 48.13 per cent and 40.30 per cent, respectively. (More stories on AAP victory inside)

Indian government plans massive ‘Kem Chho, Trump’ welcome

Sabarmati Ashram to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi. Later, Trump will inaugurate Ahmedabad’s newlyconstructed Sardar Patel Stadium with a seating capacity of over 100,000 people. The welcome ‘Kem Chho, Trump’ to the US President will be accorded at the stadium. Trump is likely to sign a limited trade deal with Modi, ahead of the US Presidential elections later this year. He hopes to draw votes from the Indian diaspora in the US along with his core constituency to which he promised in the last elections that he will secure better terms for trade from America’s key trading partners.

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