In the battle between former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s suvidha (benefits) model and prime minister Narendra Modi’s vikas (development) model, the voter in the national capital has delivered a decisive verdict in favour of the latter.

       Ending a long, 27-year wait, the BJP has secured a comfortable win with 48 of the 70 assembly seats—an enormous leap from the mere eight it held previously. Meanwhile, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has suffered a stunning collapse, plummeting from 62 seats to just 22.

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