NDTV's Prannoy Roy's Analysis Of Delhi Election Results: Highlights

• In West Bengal, there was a swing of 24 per cent in BJP's favour.

Raghav Chadha says

• It was an election that we wanted to fight on issues that matter to the day to day lives of the people.
• A lot of attempts were made by our political adversaries to digress.
• Yet we stuck to our ground.
• People rejected the vulgarity that the BJP pursued.
• We did not get distracted, swayed away.
• I have never seen any election which is so hate-filled to the point where the CM with the biggest mandate in India's history is called a terrorist.
• The people of Delhi have given them a befitting reply and they have understood he is the Shravan Kumar, the elder son.
• We have got a mandate to serve to Delhi. All our energies will be focused on serving Delhi.

Pavan Varma

• People are looking for governance-centric parties.
• Nitish Kumar is sure (about BJP) now because Amit Shah has assured him he will face of the campaign and he sees the BJP as instrumental in his ambition.
• Arvind Kejriwal has crafted a centrist position that has a better resonance with people.
• People are looking for inclusive campaigns. They don't want hate and divisiveness.
• Arvind Kejriwal has pitched a challenge to Amit Shah - Narendra Modi at the national level.

Abhishek Singhvi says

• First of all its very sad. Congress needs to find a homegrown leader in Delhi.
• A lot of work has been done by Congress in Delhi. That has to be reminded. Otherwise, very sad, I have no words.
• There is some khushi that the Congress may have lost but the country has gained.
• Knowing that we wouldn't have done well, if the Congress would have allied with the AAP for 10, 20, 30 seats it would have worked out better maybe.

Sagarika Ghose

• The Delhi voter is tactical. They will support PM Modi at the national level but here they see Kejriwal as the better alternative.

Derek O'Brien

• Two weeks ago we publicly endorsed the AAP.
• Mamata Banerjee said this is a reflection of how people are rejecting CAA, NRC and NPR.
• This victory was achieved despite all the dirty tricks of the BJP and all its might.
• The H factor also helped - Humility.
• The Trinamool was founded in 1998 and we have taken on quite a few campaigns like this.
• It's a professional link where we have hired a professional (On Prashant Kishor)
• There is just one link between AAP, Trinamool and DMK and that is the people.
• We don't want to be negative and attack you just for attacking you.
• If you break rules of parliament we will attack you but just not for the sake of it.
• We will be a constructive opposition.

Seshadri Chari

• That particular minister (Anurag Thakur) need not have, should not have said this. I do condemn it. He should have avoided it.
• But don't limit it to what he said. He should not have got that kind of provocation.
• I do congratulate AAP and Arvind Kejriwal but if you remember his political career in 2014, when he took on Narendra Modi, he wore skullcaps and only addressed Muslims.
• Some of the people chosen in the name of AAP are really good and hope they are allowed to do good.

Chandan Mitra

• It's premature for the BJP to think they will win the state and form the government.
• But they may come close to the halfway mark.

Yogendra Yadav

• I think what an extraordinary feat. I can't personally recall another party securing 50% votes and 90% seats for two consecutive elections.
• AAP must be congratulated, saluted that they achieved especially considering the kind of reverses they experienced in the Lok Sabha election.
• This is a formula used by many - focus on one or two direct delivery schemes, market it in a big way and work your election machinery.
• They kept their nerves in the face of the extremely vitriolic campaign that they BJP launched and they have been rewarded.
• The question of regret does not arise. Because when I joined the expectations were different. We wanted to change politics, not become just another successful party.
• I don't regret it one bit. At least I can stand up and say abrogation of Article 370 was wrong, I can go to Shaheen Bagh and speak. I value that very much.
• This is the ninth consecutive election since Karnataka when the BJP was a serious contender but failed to win a majority. So something is going wrong at the state level.

Rakesh Sinha

• For the first time in India politics, you are seeing the PM and the party chief working like regular workers. The elitism has been completely obliterated.
• The character of Delhi has changed in the last 2.5 decades. Kejriwal has emerged as a new socialist in Indian politics. He is giving the kind of relief that is vital to the city's poor.
• We have lost but we welcome the verdict. Had AAP lost there would have been all kinds of anarchic politics and controversy over EVMs.