Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party was trying to regain power in the federal territory that includes New Delhi on Wednesday as residents voted in a state legislature election.

The BJP is set to form its government in Delhi with a "thumping majority" and start working for the all-round progress of the city, the party asserted on Thursday while claiming that people were "angry" with the ruling AAP and its national convenor Arvind Kejriwal.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP party is set to win an election in the Delhi capital territory, TV exit polls projected on Wednesday, in a rebound after its surprisingly poor showing in a general election last year.

Exit polls show Modi's Hindu nationalist party sweeping Delhi election - Most exit polls predict a landslide victory for the BJP in Delhi – though such exercises have a patchy record in India

Thousands began voting in the Indian capital’s state legislature election on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party trying to unseat a powerful regional group that has ruled New Delhi for over a decade.

Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party is predicted to defeat the Aam Aadmi Party of Arvind Kejriwal. Read more at straitstimes.com.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged citizens to actively participate in the democratic process as voting for 70 Assembly constituencies in Delhi takes place on Wednesday. His appeal comes ahead of his visit to Prayagraj, where he is set to take a holy dip at the Mahakumbh Mela.

Incumbent Aam Aadmi Party on the back foot because of voter fatigue, but analysts predict a ‘much tougher fight’ between the parties.

Voting was underway on Wednesday in Delhi, the union territory that includes the capital of India, New Delhi, to decide the 70 members of its legislative assembly in a tight election whose results are scheduled to be declared on Saturday.

Two exit polls released on Wednesday gave BJP an edge over AAP in the Delhi assembly polls, one of the four analysed here gave the incumbent a third consecutive decisive mandate and another gave BJP an even clearer win.