He said that despite the defeat, AAP has increased its vote share from 30 to 33 per cent in Delhi and Congress has become irrelevant in state politics.
Party leader Manish Sisodia, however, added that there was a silver lining in the defeat, despite the lackluster performance. The party had fielded 443 candidates across the country, but has only managed to win four seats in Punjab and could not open any account in Delhi.
Its party leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Kumar Vishwas who had taken on Narendra Modi from Varanasi and Rahul Gandhi from Amethi respectively, lost the electoral battles.
“Although, we have not been able to win a single seat in Delhi, we are able to win 4 seats in Punjab. Now we are a main party in two states in terms of vote share” Sisodia added.
“The Punjab politics is now a tri-polar contest where we are a major player now,” Yadav added. The AAP leader said that despite the party's candidates polling over 1.5 crore across the country it has not been able to become a national party.
“For becoming a national party we want six per cent of votes in four different states. We have managed to do that in Delhi and Punjab, but found it difficult in other states,” Yadav said.
