New Delhi: The Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Adesh Gupta resigned from the post of President on Sunday, days after the party’s defeat in the municipal corporation polls to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
The BJP’s Delhi unit vice president Virendra Sachdeva has been appointed acting president, news agency PTI reported.
Media reports suggest that the resignation of Adesh Gupta as Delhi BJP president has been accepted by BJP national president JP Nadda.
“The resignation of Adesh Gupta as Delhi BJP president is being accepted as per the direction of BJP national president Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda. Delhi unit vice president Virendra Sachdeva is being appointed working state unit chief till the next order,” the BJP’s national general secretary Arun Singh said in an order.
The AAP won the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) election. Arvind Kejriwal’s party won 134 seats in the 250-ward MCD. The BJP won 104 and the Congress came a distant third with just nine seats. Others got three.
