VARANASI: It was celebration time for the AAP workers on Tuesday in the city after party's grand victory in Delhi assembly elections. Ahead of Holi they celebrated the festival of colours, distributed sweets and took out victory processions in different localities. The Delhi assembly election result announced on Tuesday has a greater significance for local AAP supporters, as the AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal , who had lost Varanasi seat to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Lok Sabha election, hit back in a big way in Delhi assembly leaving no room to the opposition.

The AAP supporters believe that although Kejriwal's ambition to defeat Modi failed in parliamentary election in Varanasi, where he was defeated by a margin of about 3.37 lakh votes by Modi, but he shattered BJP's dream completely in Delhi. Among the two titans fought in Varanasi one became PM of the country, and the other is going to become CM of Delhi, they say.

"It is the victory of common man, who showed trust in Kejriwal and the policies of AAP," said an AAP worker Rahul Kumar Singh, who had volunteered in Lok Sabha campaign with Kejriwal in Varanasi. "Taking lessons of past mistakes the party distanced itself from negative politics, and succeeded in winning the confidence of Delhi people," he said adding that the grand victory has also enhanced the responsibility enormously.

Jubilant AAP workers expressed their joy by carrying out victory processions in Lahurabir, Lanka and other areas of the city. As soon as the picture of AAP's victory became clear, they assembled at Lahurabir and celebrated with colours.

On the other hand, a silence prevailed in local BJP camp, and the leaders talked about introspection. "It is the essence of democracy. We should do introspection and analyze the factors responsible for defeat in Delhi," said senior BJP leader and state spokesperson Ashok Pandey .

Meanwhile, the political pundits also started analyzing the reasons behind BJP's humiliating defeat in Delhi just 9 months after the grand victory in Lok Sabha election. "Bringing a non-political person like Kirab Bedi as CM candidate was one of the biggest mistake of BJP that went against the party," said a professor of political science at Banaras Hindu University Prof. Kaushal Kishor Mishra, who is also a BJP supporter. He also saw an increasing sense of arrogance in BJP behind people's distraction from the party. "The 9-month performance of Modi government was not satisfactory to people, and they wanted the promises fulfilled," he said adding, "The changing lifestyle of Modi with costly 'coat' also gave a wrong message and confused people to think whether he is the same Modi". Besides, the slogan 'kendra mein Modi aur rajya mein Kejri' also worked in Delhi election, he added.

