It's Modi all the way: BJP victory in Delhi MCD polls crushes AAP's hope

Winner might now try to force early Assembly elections in Delhi

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) scored an emphatic victory in all the three municipal corporations in Delhi, despite allegations of corruption and dismal performance, as well as strong anti-incumbency.

Of the 270 seats in the east, south and north municipalities, the BJP won 181 — the highest since the civic body was trifurcated in 2012. In the election that year, the BJP had won 138 seats of the 272 that went to polls.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which for the first time contested all the seats, finished second with 48. The Congress, which has suffered massive electoral losses across