Control of the assembly in New Delhi is set to change hands, a feat that eluded the Indian prime minister’s Bharatiya Janata Party for nearly three decades.

By Adnan Abidi and Rajendra Jadhav NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party on Saturday regained power in the nation's capital for the first time in 27 years, a boost for the Hindu-nationalist leader after a disappointing national election last year.

The BJP is expected to win 48 of the 70-member legislative assembly, where it is leading, according to the Election Commission of India’s website. The party is reclaiming Delhi after almost three decades.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Hindu nationalist party won the most seats in the high-stakes state legislature election in the country’s federal territory, including New Delhi, for the first time in over a quarter-century, according to official data Saturday.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bhartiya Janata Party on Saturday regained power in the nation's capital for the first time in 27 years, a boost for the Hindu-nationalist leader after

Delhi's election was fought as a direct battle between the 'Modi Model' and the 'Kejriwal Model', with the BJP promising a mix of continuity and expansion in welfare schemes. The saffron party's win in Delhi not only strengthens its position but also expands the NDA's control over key states.

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders like former Union Minister Som Parkash, Vijay Sampla, former Rajya Sabha Member Avinash Rai Khanna, national farmers’ leader Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal and media panellist Parminder Mehta today hailed the party’s landslide victory in Delhi,

NEW DELHI — 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. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party hasn’t won the territory that includes India’s capital of 20 million people in over a quarter-century.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party looked set on Saturday to regain power in the nation's capital for the first time in 27 years, a boost for the Hindu-nationalist leader after a disappointing national election last year.

Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party is expected to win 48 of the 70-member legislative assembly, where it was leading, according to the Election Commission of India’s website. BJP is reclaiming Delhi after almost three decades.