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If you watched the Delhi exit poll broadcasts and expected Tuesday to throw a surprise, well, it's not happening. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has pulled into an unassailable lead in counting trends. The BJP is left with around 12 seats in a 70-member assembly. Congress may draw a blank, and its leaders are speaking out. Though Delhi elections are normally three-way contests, the one held on February 8 was largely seen as a face-off between the AAP and the BJP. Arvind Kejriwal -- who will be chief minister for a third time if he wins -- touted himself as a good governance man, promised doorstep delivery of rations and offered spoken English classes and a patriotism curriculum to school students. His campaign slogan told voters, "Acche beetle paanch saal" -- five years have gone by "well". The BJP, on the other hand, didn't declare a prospective chief minister (a detail the AAP tried repeatedly to drum into voters'