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Live reporting: AAP celebrates victory at Jantar Mantar

New Delhi: Several thousand supporters of Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party today gathered at the Janatar Mantar here to celebrate the win of 28 of their party candidates in the Delhi assembly elections. Most of

5: 07 pm:  Yogendra Yadav: "You have made politics a temple of honesty. We were sitting in a restaurant wearing topis the other day. An unknown man just came, and kissed the hand of one of our supporters. You have revived the faith of people in politics. You did the thing which the political parties failed to do in the past 50 years.  This was a first election campaign conducted with donations, with every paisa accounted for, and then we refused to accept more donations. Our treasurer said, the Rs 20 crore that we collected was enough, and some money is still left. Bu what about those parties who collected Rs 1300 crores?"

5:05 pm:
Yogendra Yadav: "An electoral win is not in numbers. We and you won a moral victory. Politics had come to mean muscle power, money power, making money from power, and grabbing power on the strength of money, black money dealings. You have changed the definition of politics today."

5:03 pm:
AAP leader and former psephologist Yogendra Yadav takes the mike. Says: "BSP founder Kanshi Ram used to say, the first election is fought to lose, the second to defeat others, and the third to win. today we have completed two and a half steps within a span of 1 year 4 months. We don't have the numbers for majority. We could have won 38 to 45 seats, but we were beaten in the "last 24 hour tikdam (machinations)" before the polls. We refused to indulge in such machinations (ready money, liquor).

Yogendra Yadav: "Now the entire nation has acknowledged our success. Those who are four seats short of majority, are hiding, unwilling to form govt.

4:51 pm:
Kumar Vishwas goes on introducing the new MLAs. When Kejriwal's turn comes,  Kumar Vishwas says: "Vidhayakji, khade ho jaiye (Mr MLA, please stand up)" Kejriwal stands up and waves to the applauding crowd. Kumar Vishwas: Whom did he defeat?  Answers himself: "Aadraniya Sheila Dikshitji ". Kumar Vishwas: Sheilaji once described AAP people as "worms of Monsoon", she didn't know that worms can destroy a chair from within.