India, Feb. 10 -- Satish Upadhyay, the newly elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA who defeated three-term AAP MLA Somnath Bharti from Malviya Nagar, speaks to HT about his experience and what lies ahead. Edited excerpts:

The BJP has returned to power after 27 years. Did you expect this landslide victory?

The reasons for BJP's return is simple - while the entire country was progressing and witnessing rapid development under PM Narendra Modi's leadership, Delhi was not. This gave the people a chance to see the difference. In the last 10 years under the AAP, Delhi went backwards by 20 years. The garbage landfill sites could not be cleared, Yamuna could not be cleaned, and the sanitation services suffered after the AAP came to power in ...