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Watch | AAP shuts office door after Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia lose Delhi Assembly election

Watch | AAP shuts office door after Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia lose Delhi Assembly election

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India News | Trending | Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) shut its office door just after its defeat in the Delhi Assembly election on Saturday (Feb 8). This after its top party leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia lost their constituencies.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) shut its office door just after its defeat in the Delhi Assembly election on Saturday (Feb 8). Top party leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia also lost their constituencies. A video that surfaced on the microbloggign platform X showed several people standing outside AAP office building with the large brown gate closed.

AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal, who stood from the New Delhi constituency, conceded defeat against BJP's Parvesh Verma. Kejriwal posted a video address on X saying he accepted "people's mandate".

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"We accept it with all respect," Kejriwal said in the video.

"People's decisions are on our heads. I congratulate Bhartiya Janata Party for this victory. I hope that the hopes and expectations given to them will be fulfilled. We have done a lot of work in these last 10 years in education, health, water, and electricity. We have tried to make people comfortable in their lives," he further said in the video.

Former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia also conceded his defeat from the Jangpura constituency. "Party workers fought well, we all did hard work. People have supported us as well. But, I lost by 600 votes. I congratulate the candidate who won. I hope he will work for the constituency," Sisodia said.

(With inputs from agencies)

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