"Stamp Of Approval": Raghav Chadha On AAP's Big Win In Punjab Bypolls

Mr Chadha pointed out that the three seats in which the AAP emerged victorious had never been won by the party before.

With his party winning three of the four Assembly seats in Punjab where bypolls were held, senior Aam Aadmi Party leader Raghav Chadha has said the results are a stamp of approval for the Bhagwant Mann government in the state under the leadership of party chief Arvind Kejriwal. 

Speaking to news agency ANI on Saturday, Mr Chadha pointed out that these three seats had never been won by the AAP before and also reflected on the results in Maharashtra - where the INDIA bloc was routed - and Jharkhand - which it retained - saying that it was a case of 'kahin khushi, kahin gham' (happiness in one place, sadness in the other). 

"The results of the Punjab bypolls are very encouraging and I congratulate the workers of the AAP. The work of Bhagwan Mann's government under the leadership of Arvind Kejriwal has been given a stamp of approval by the people. The three seats - Chabbewal, Gidderbaha and Dera Baba Nanak - that we have won today are constituencies where the AAP has never won," he said in Hindi.