BJP celebrates Delhi poll victory with ‘Modi-Modi’ chants in Parliament

New Delhi: BJP’s victory in the Delhi polls was hailed by NDA members with chanting of “Modi, Modi” slogan in both houses of Parliament on Monday, while former Union minister Anurag Thakur took a jibe at Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha over Congress’s dismal performance in elections in the capital over the years.

BJP members in Rajya Sabha also ridiculed AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal for having once said that PM Modi would have to be reborn to unseat AAP in Delhi. They also stated that “people had shown the mirror to those living in Sheesh Mahal”.

Soon after Lok Sabha proceedings started, BJP MPs raised the slogan, to which Congress MPs objected. The sloganeering went on for a while before Speaker Om Birla called for the question hour.

Taking a jibe Rahul in Lok Sabha, Thakur said, “Rahul Ji, zero check kar lijiye… (Rahul, please check the zero) as Congress has consecutively secured zero seats third time in a row. Referring to Congress’ poor track record, he said, “How many seats did people of Delhi give to Congress in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections? Zero. In 2015? Zero. In 2019? Zero. In 2020? Zero. In 2024? Zero. And in 2025? Zero.”

When proceedings of the upper house began, BJP members started sloganeering in support of PM Modi. However, sloganeering was paused for a while when Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar extended birthday greetings to BJP’s Sanjay Seth. It again started, with BJP MPs chanting “Delhi ke dil me Modi hai, Desh ke dil me Modi hai”.

Meanwhile, BJP MP from Maharashtra Medha Vishram Kulkarni, while praising the budget, referred to its impact in Delhi polls, saying, “People showed a mirror to those living in Sheesh Mahal.”

Quoting a Hindi couplet, BJP MP Dinesh Sharma, without naming Kejriwal, said his haughtiness got a befitting answer in AAP’s stinging defeat. “The defeat came in this very birth,” he quipped.

Meanwhile in Lok Sabha, Thakur questioned Congress leaders for not taking a holy dip during the Maha Kumbh and wondered if they had been directed not to do so by “Uncle Soros and Uncle Sam.” Thakur said even former PM Jawaharlal Nehru took a dip in the Sangam but today’s generation of the Congress is avoiding it.

Courtesy : TOI

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