Modi's party wins New Delhi election for first time in 27 years

Modi's party promised residents monthly payments to all poor women, a one-time payment to every pregnant woman, subsidized gas for cooking, and a monthly pension for the elderly.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party has won municipal elections in the capital New Delhi for the first time in 27 years, Reuters reports.

It is noted that Modi's Hindu nationalist political force Bharatiya Janata Party won 48 of the 70 seats in the capital Delhi, significantly ahead of the opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of Arvind Kejriwal, which received only 22 seats.

"This is our guarantee that we will do everything for the development of Delhi and the improvement of the overall quality of life of the people," Modi wrote on the X network.

As you know, the opposition AAP, which emerged in 2012 from an anti-corruption movement, has governed the capital region, where India's parliament, government, and federal government institutions operate, for two terms since 2015. Its leader, 55-year-old anti-corruption fighter Kejriwal, who resigned from the post of chief minister of the New Delhi government before the elections and lost in his constituency, wrote in X that his political force would play the role of constructive opposition.

Modi's party has promised monthly payments of 2500 Indian rupees ($28) to all poor women, a one-time payment of 21 rupees to every pregnant woman, subsidized cooking gas, a monthly pension of 000 rupees to the elderly, and 2500 rupees to youth to prepare for competitive exams.

Modi lost his majority in India's parliament last year but returned as prime minister for a record third term with the support of coalition partners from regional parties. His party then won three of the next four state elections, helping it increase its number of representatives in the upper house of parliament.