Allies, rivals target Narendra Modi over Delhi poll drubbing

New Delhi Allies and political rivals alike took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the crushing defeat suffered by BJP in Delhi elections today with the partys Maharashtra ally Shiv Sena saying the results showed tsunami in the national capital was bigger than Modi waveShiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray tweeted that he agreed with Gandhian Anna Hazare that the election result was a defeat for ModiDelhi has shown that tsunami is bigger than a waveIt is a message to those who lord over Delhi Thackeray saidWest Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee with whose party BJP has been having a running battle said arrogance and political vendetta have been defeated today and that BJPs balloon has burstShe said Delhi election is turning point of present political situation Shows political vendetta has no place in a democracy Country needed this change Her party spokesman Derek OBrien said the message from the Delhi polls was Bhaag run Modi BhaagBJPs Tamil Nadu ally PMK said the reason for AAPs landslide victory was that people were yearning for change due to corruption in government administrationJDU leader Nitish Kumar said the poll outcome in Delhi was a referendum on Modi and it reflects the mood of the country In an apparent attack on Modi he said Hawabazzi se kaam nahi chalega things will not work only on the basis of lofty talks Astonishingly in such a short span of nine months of Narendra Modi government the mood of people is changing against himAttributing BJPs abysmal performance to its governments failure to deliver on any of the tall promises made during the poll Kumar said He Modi talked lofty things on return of black money paying enhanced bonus to farmers special status to Bihar in 100 days but none of them are visible even after lapse of nine monthsNational Conference leader and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said the lesson in this verdict is that Modi and BJP arent unbeatable if you take the fight to them dont wait for mistakesPeoples Democratic Party PDP with which BJP is in talks for formation of government in JampK said the poll result in Delhi is a loud and clear message to all political parties that people are supremeWhile stating this party spokesman Naeem Akhtar however ruled out the possibility of it having any impact on its alliance with BJP for government formation in the state which is under Governors RuleOur talks with BJP on government formation are for the betterment and development of Jammu and Kashmir Delhi elections and the government formation here are not connected he saidSenior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut hoped that the BJP would deeply introspect on what the Sena chief has said The country will run under colletive leadership While Modis leadership is strong it must be borne in mind that there are different voices and they should be respected There is no single and supreme power the power belongs to people he saidTelangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said the people of Delhi have given the right verdict by supporting the leadership of Arvind KejriwalThe Delhi Assembly election results are an example to show that the people are thinking differently from traditional politics he said in a statement Another BJP ally Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said the AAP victory reflects the greatness of democracy in India