NEW DELHI: His fight with the ballot also turned out to be as close as it was with the bullet. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Surender Singh ’s win over three-time and incumbent BJP MLA Karan Singh Tanwar was also as close as 355 votes. The former NSG Commando contesting from the Delhi Cantonment assembly constituency polled 26,124 while Tanwar polled 25,769.“Everyone said I am fighting an improbable battle and I stand no chance. But I always believed there are more good honest people and but unfortunately they don’t have an option. Times has changed and so will politics of the country,” said Surender on his win.Before joining politics, Surender served in the Indian Army and was part of the NSG commando group which carried on the rescue operation during the 26/11 terror strike in Mumbai’s Taj Mahal Hotel. Surender had to retire on medical grounds after the 26/11 operation left him physically handicapped.“For 19 months I was not given pension and I was under treatment due to the injuries sustained at Taj. I approached both Congress and BJP leaders, but none helped. On the day Kasab was hanged, I came in contact with Arvind Kejriwal. He took up my issue and I got my pensions,” said Surender, who comes from Jhajjar in Haryana.Calling the AAP’s win as “people’s victory,” Surender said: “Jab fauj mein tha tab bhi desh ke liye jaan hazir thi, aaj bhi hazir hain (When was in the Army I was ready to die for the country and even now I am ready to give my life for the country).