The BJP secures a significant win in the 2025 Delhi assembly elections, ending Aam Aadmi Party's long governance. Prominent AAP leaders, including Arvind Kejriwal, lost their constituencies. BJP's Parvesh Verma defeated Kejriwal in a closely watched race, and Congress failed to secure any seats.
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