NEW DELHI, Feb. 9 -- General mood of the voters on the day of voting appeared to have tilted towards the ruling dispensation led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The voters also appeared inclined towards AAP's main challenger Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Lower and middle group people rooted for AAP whereas upper middle class and the rich backed BJP albeit reluctantly, as they were said to be voting for BJP leadership and not for the local BJP leaders.

People were unhappy with Municipal corporations controlled by the BJP and another factor which harmed the BJP was the Union Budget that failed to offer anything substantial for the honest taxpayers. The fence sitters ran into the lap of AAP while Shaheen Bagh failed to impact other parts o...