New Delhi: As their party suffered a rout in Delhi assembly election, Congress workers in Ballimaran had something to cheer about with Power Minister and four-time sitting MLA, Haroon Yusuf, retaining his seat.
Haroon Yusuf today defeated his closest rival BJP candidate Moti Lal Sodhi by a margin of 8,093 votes.
He was trailing Sodhi by over 2000 votes till the sixth round but after that the momentum was on his side.
As he inched towards the lead with each round, the lost zeal among his loyal supporters began to revive.
His party supporters took out a procession on the road outside the counting centre at the Industrial Training institute Pusa camps waving flags and shouting slogans.
This is the fifth time that Yusuf has gained victory in Ballimaran, a Muslim dominated Congress bastion.
