MCD poll results: BJP avoids celebrations, dedicates victory to CRPF martyrs

Baljit Kaur (C) salutes after laying a wreath on the pyre of her husband Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel Raghbir Singh, at his funeral in Sathiala village, some 45km from Amritsar, on April 25, 2017. Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel Raghbir Singh was killed in the April 24 Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh. Maoist rebels who killed 25 paramilitary troops in an ambush in central India used local villagers as human shields, a survivor said April 25. Sher Mohammed, a paramilitary soldier injured in the attack in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh state, said around 300 fighters attacked the troops as they provided security for the construction of a new road opposed by the Maoists. / AFP PHOTO / NARINDER NANU

New Delhi: The BJP which has conquered MCD polls has decided not to celebrate the victory as a mark of respect to 25 CRPF troopers killed by Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma. The party high command has directed BJP workers not to organise celebrations, firecrackers and sweets in view of the deadly Sukma attack. Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari said that the every heart is filled with grief over the killing of 25 CRPF men in Sukma and because of which we have decided not to celebrate the victory. "But for the Sukma incident, we would be on the streets celebrating this massive victory. We dedicate this win in the feet of Sukma martyrs," he said. ALSO READ: Historic blunder by AAP leadership, no point finding fault with EVMs: Bhagwant Mann The party is also likely put up a poster outside the BJP headquarters dedicating the win to the slain CRPF jawans. Tiwari also asserted that the results of MCD polls were a referendum on Kejriwal government. "We had been saying this earlier also that MCD polls will be a referendum on Kejriwal government. Arvind Kejriwal used to advocate Right to Recall and it seems now that Delhi people have used the right on him," he was quoted by newsagency PTI. Meanwhile, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today directed acting chief of the CRPF and a top security officer to stay put in Chhattisgarh to ensure coordinated "targeted" operations against the Naxals, apparently unhappy over the functioning of the paramilitary force. According to PTI, the home minister's directive came as he was apparently unhappy over the functioning of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) which has faced reverses in the recent past.