'Yamuna Maiya ki Jai': PM Modi's victory speech as BJP reclaims Delhi | Top quotes

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at BJP headquarters.

As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) clinched a bumper victory in the Delhi Assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said "Today's victory is historic as the people of Delhi have driven out 'AAP-da'".

PM Modi made his customary appearance at the BJP Headquarters in Delhi and addressed the zealous party workers as the party emerged victorious in the national capital after 27 years.

He started his speech with "Yamuna Maiya Ki Jai" as he thanked the people of Delhi for BJP's big win and said "the real owner of Delhi is only the people of Delhi".

Key takeaways from PM Modi's victory speech:

- "Today's victory is historic. This is not an ordinary victory. The people of Delhi have driven out 'AAP-da'. Delhi has been freed from the 'AAP-da'. The mandate of Delhi is clear. Today, development, vision and trust have won in Delhi. Today, ostentation, anarchy, arrogance and the 'AAP-da' that had engulfed Delhi have been defeated. I congratulate every BJP worker and all of you for this victory..."

- "Today the people of Delhi have made it clear. The real owner of Delhi is only the people of Delhi. Those who thought of being the owners of Delhi have been confronted with the truth. This is also clear from the mandate of Delhi that there is no place for shortcuts, lies in politics. The people have ended the era of shortcut politics."

- "I was seeing that BJP workers across the country also had a pain in their hearts. It was about not being able to serve Delhi fully. But today Delhi has accepted our request too. The youth born in the 21st century will now see BJP's good governance in Delhi for the first time. Today's results show how much trust the country has in BJP's double-engine government. After that victory in the Lok Sabha elections, we first made an unprecedented record in Haryana, then made a new record in Maharashtra. Now a new history has been created in Delhi."

- "The people of Delhi have never disappointed me in the Lok Sabha elections. In the Lok Sabha elections in 2014, 2019 and 2024, the people of Delhi have made BJP victorious in all 7 seats."

- "Today, there is excitement and relief in the minds of the people of Delhi. Excitement for victory and relief is for making Delhi, AAP-da free...I bow my head and thank the people of Delhi for believing in Modi's guarantee."

- "For the first time since Independence, BJP will now have governments in Delhi and all adjoining states."

- "Women power has always blessed me; I have fulfilled promises made to them, will do so again in Delhi."

- "Delhi deserves country's best urban infrastructure, will start working on it soon."

- "...'Aaj desh tushtikaran nahi BJP ki santushtikaran ki policy ko chun raha hai' (Today, the country is choosing satisfaction over appeasement)...Today, along with Delhi, the BJP has got victory in Ayodhya's Milkipur. Every section has voted for the BJP in large numbers..."

- "The politics of protests, confrontation and administrative uncertainty in Delhi have caused great harm to the people of Delhi. Today, all of you Delhiites have removed a major obstacle in the development of Delhi."

- "Our Delhi is not just a city, it is a mini India. Delhi lives the idea of 'Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat'...Wherever I went in this election, I used to say with pride that I am an MP from Purvanchal. The people of Purvanchal gave love, trust, new energy, new strength. Therefore, as an MP from Purvanchal, I especially thank the people of Purvanchal."

- "These people of 'AAP-da' came into politics by saying that we will change politics, but these people turned out to be completely dishonest. Today I was listening to the statement of Anna Hazare ji. Anna Hazare ji has been bearing the pain of the misdeeds of these people for a long time. Today he too must have got relief from that pain. The party born out of the movement against corruption got involved in corruption. It became such a party of the country whose Chief Minister and Ministers went to jail on corruption charges. Those who used to give themselves certificates of honesty, turned out to be corrupt. This was a big betrayal with Delhi. The liquor scam defamed Delhi. The scams in schools and hospitals troubled the poorest of the poor and on top of that, their arrogance was so much that when the world was dealing with Corona, these people were building 'Sheesh Mahal'..."