Mustafabad BJP MLA Proposes To Change Constituency's Name After Winning Delhi Polls

Mohan Singh Bisht managed to secure the seat with 85,215 votes, defeating his nearest AAP rival Adeel Ahmed Khan by 17,578 votes.

BJP's Mohan Singh Bisht, who won from Delhi's Mustafabad, proposes to rename it Shivpuri.

Source : ANI

After the shinning victory of the BJP in the Delhi assembly elections 2025, the newly-elected party MLA from the Mustafabad seat, Mohan Singh Bisht, has expressed his plan to rename the area to Shivpuri. 

"We will change the name from Mustafabad to Shivpuri or Shiv Vihar... I will definitely change the name because I did the development work from 1998 to 2008 there... and the development work is not related to the name, " Mohan Singh told news agency ANI amid the speculation of changing the name of Mustafabad.

#WATCH | Delhi | On the speculations of changing the name of Mustafabad, BJP-winning candidate from Mustafabad seat, Mohan Singh Bisht says, "...We will change the name from Mustafabad to Shivpuri or Shiv Vihar... I will definitely change the name because I did the development… pic.twitter.com/Oigg2yKi0E

— ANI (@ANI) February 9, 2025

Mustafabad, which has a largely Muslim population, saw the highest voter turnout in the city. Bisht managed to secure the seat with 85,215 votes, defeating his nearest AAP rival Adeel Ahmed Khan by 17,578 votes.

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According to the News 18 report, the Mustafabad seat, which was won by AAP's Haji Yunus in 2020, witnessed a four-way contest in the 2025 Assembly elections. While the BJP capitalised on the "Bisht brand," Congress, AAP, and AIMIM focused on caste-based politics.

AIMIM, led by Asaduddin Owaisi, fielded Tahir Hussain, a figure accused in several Delhi riot cases, who garnered 33,474 votes but finished in third place. Congress candidate Ali Mehdi secured 11,763 votes, taking the fourth spot.

Bisht, a five-term veteran from the Karawal Nagar seat, was relocated to contest from Mustafabad in a significant reshuffle by the BJP. He attributed his victory to the support of the party’s leadership and promised comprehensive development for the constituency.

The BJP won 48 seats of the 70-strong Delhi assembly, ousting from power the Aam Aadmi Party headed by former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.