Bobi, a transgender candidate for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), made history on Wednesday by winning the Sultanpuri-A ward in the MCD elections.
Following the significant victory, Bobi declared her desire to work for local development. She expressed her gratitude to everyone who had contributed to her historic victory.
“I want to dedicate my victory to the people who worked so hard for me. I would like to thank everyone. Now I just have to work for development in my area,” said Bobi.
Bobi contested the MCD polls in 2017 but did not seek enough votes.
Earlier on October 12, 2022, Bobi had filed a nomination. Speaking to the media, Bobi said, “I am grateful to Arvind Kejriwal for making me a candidate for the Aam Aadmi Party. Till now I was engaged in social service work at my level; now, after winning, I will work as a representative of my community.”
“I have been engaged in social service work since the time of Anna’s movement. So far, I have gotten 150 girls married, especially since I help all the disabled and helpless people who come. My aim is to win the election so that I can serve such people,” she had added.
She also aspires to help the people of the transgender community. She added, “I will also raise issues related to transgender people and help them. Most of the poor people live in my area, I will work for them. Today people are in favor of the Aam Aadmi Party, in Delhi BJP has given nothing except three garbage mountains in 15 years.”
When questioned about whether being transgender caused her any difficulties during the election campaign, Bobi responded, “There was no trouble in the campaign for me, people support us.”
With its victory in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi polls on Wednesday, the Aam Aadmi Party overthrew the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) 15-year reign of the city’s civic body.
Celebrations got underway at the Aam Aadmi Party office in the national capital well before the final results were announced because trends suggested that the party was likely to unseat the BJP in the MCD.
In front of the office, party members gathered and cheered, danced, and sang phrases honouring party leader Arvind Kejriwal.
In a closely contested contest, the BJP initially held the lead in the early trends for almost one and a half hours. However, the trends started to change as the AAP took the lead and kept it until the final results were announced.
