ABP EXCLUSIVE | 'We Should Have Announced CM Candidate Before Elections': Manoj Tiwari On BJP's Rout In Delhi

Speaking to Rubika Liyaquat, he agreed to the fact that BJP could have preformed better had it stepped into election campaign with a Chief Minister face. Tiwari also agreed that BJP's Delhi election manifesto should have been announced earlier.

Manoj Tiwari said now that Arvind Kejriwal has won elections, he must go to Shaheen Bagh and urge people to end their agitation.

New Delhi: After facing a humiliating defeat in Delhi Assembly Elections 2020, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Delhi Unit Chief Manoj Tiwari spoke exclusively to ABP News and discussed at length about the reasons behind party's loss in the national capital. Speaking to Rubika Liyaquat, he agreed to the fact that BJP could have preformed better had it stepped into election campaign with a Chief Minister face. Tiwari also agreed that BJP's Delhi election manifesto should have been announced earlier. When asked about his claim of winning Delhi polls with 48 seats on Twitter after Exit Poll results were announced, Tiwari said BJP may not have got 48 seats but for the first time our vote share reached around 40 per cent, it was a spike of 8 per cent. "We see it as a moral victory," he said. "I have not deleted my '48 seats for BJP' tweet. It's just that our calculation went wrong. It is a crime to estimate? We lost several seats by a close margin," Delhi BJP chief said. When asked about the truth behind claims of his resignation post BJP crushing defeat in Delhi polls, Tiwari rebutted the claims and said that neither he has resigned nor the party leadership has asked him to step down.

We may not have got 48 seats but for the first time our vote share reached around 40%, it was a spike of 8%. We see it as a moral victory: Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari

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"Shows their culture..they haven't taken my name directly though. I believe when you win you should become humble," Tiwari said on how he is being trolled on social media after losing polls. He also said that he gets hurt after seeing people trolling or hurling invectives at him on social media post debacle.

Shows their culture..they haven't taken my name directly though. I believe when you win you should become humble: Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari reacts to how he is being trolled on social media after losing polls

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When asked about his party's stand of Shaheen Bagh protest after elections, Tiwari said now that Arvind Kejriwal has won elections, he must go and urge people to end their agitation. "Arvind Kejriwal should go to Shaheen Bagh. His candidate (Amanatullah Khan) won there by 71,000 votes. It should be his duty to go there and talk to protesters. Now it's their job to improve the city and solve woes," BJP leader said. He also reiterated that the protests against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC) are wrong as it does not harm any Indian citizen.

Arvind Kejriwal should go to Shaheen Bagh. His candidate (Amanatullah Khan) won there by 71,000 votes. It should be his duty to go there and talk to protesters. Now it's their job to improve the city & solve woes: Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari

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Further Manoj Tiwari also shared his stand on all the hate speeches given by BJP leaders during election campaigning in Delhi. He said that he had spoken to leaders like Parvesh Verma and Anurag Thakur and requested them to refrain from using such statements in future. ALSO WATCH | Manoj Tiwari On Parvesh Verma's Controversial Statements During Delhi Election Campaigning When asked about Union Minister Amit Shah's controversial statement during a campaign rally asking voters to press Lotus button so hard that its current reaches Shaheen Bagh, Tiwari, in a lighter vein, said that we (BJP) got the current instead, but it has struck us positively and we will continue to play the role of a constructive Opposition. Of the 70 assembly seats in Delhi, AAP on Tuesday won on as many as 62 seats while eight went to its nearest rival, the BJP. Congress, once again, drew a blank in this elections. According to reports, Kejriwal's swearing-in as the Delhi Chief Minister for the third time will take place on February 16 at the historic Ramlila Maidan.