BJP and Cong will look to challenge AAP in 2020 assembly polls

After its spectacular victory in Delhi, a resurgent BJP is keen to sustain the momentum till the Delhi Assembly polls early next year, while the Congress and AAP are realising the need to get their act together to fend off the saffron challenge.

According to the Election Commission data, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which won all the seven seats, bagged 56.56 per cent votes, followed by the Congress (22.51 per cent votes) and the Aam Aadmi Party (18.11 per cent votes).

The upsurge in the vote shares of the BJP and the Congress indicates that an interesting contest is on the cards in the assembly polls.

Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari asserted that his party will win at least 60 seats in Delhi in the assembly polls and "free" it from the AAP and its chief Arvind Kejriwal.

In the 2015 Delhi Assembly poll, the AAP had won 67 seats while the BJP bagged only three seats. The Congress had suffered a rout as 63 of its 70 candidates, including senior leaders Ajay Maken, Kiran Walia, Haroon