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Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) called an 'emergency' meeting of all its party MLAs at the Delhi CM's residence on Thursday.
According to sources, the meeting will decide upon a possible change in guard in the national capital in coming days.
With Arvind Kejriwal in jail, the party might introduce a new face to deal with the future prospects.
The move is also likely considering the Delhi Assembly elections which are scheduled to happen by the end of January 2025.
The development comes as AAP and Congress faced a severe blow after it had lost all seven Lok Sabha seats despite forming an alliance in Delhi.
The AAP which had contested in four seats failed to put up a tough fight even after the back to back hectic campaign carried out by the AAP national convenor and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.
However, the result also gives a message to the BJP. Though the party sweeped on the city seats, the margins of victory in all seven have been notably reduced, pointing at a more competitive political landscape in the national capital.
Compared to the 2019 Lok Sabha polls where BJP candidates had won by margins ranging from over 2.28 lakh to 5.78 lakh votes, the 2024 elections saw a significant shift in the victory margins.
Three of the BJP candidates won by a margin of less than one lakh votes, while only Yogendra Chandoliya surpassed the two-lakh mark.
Chandoliya, in his debut appearance in the general elections secured a resounding victory over Congress' Udit Raj by a margin exceeding 2.90 lakh votes. This marked the highest victory margin among all the winning BJP candidates