New Delhi:
Election Commission has announced the dates of Delhi Assembly elections. According to the Commission, this time voting will be held in Delhi on February 5. According to the commission, the counting of votes will be done on February 8. This time the Delhi contest has become interesting. Aam Aadmi Party has been in power in Delhi for the last three times. BJP and Congress are making efforts to remove him from power. The Aam Aadmi Party, which was born from the womb of anti-corruption movement, has been facing many allegations of corruption. BJP and Congress are cornering your government on these allegations. The last elections for the 70-member Delhi Assembly were held in one phase on February 8, 2022. The tenure of the current Assembly of Delhi is ending on 23 February. According to the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, there are a total of 1 crore 55 lakh 24 thousand 858 voters in Delhi. These voters will elect their MLAs on 70 seats in Delhi.
According to the data released by the Chief Electoral Officer on Monday, there are a total of 1 crore 55 lakh 24 thousand 858 voters in Delhi. Of these, 83 lakh 49 thousand 645 are male and 71 lakh 73 thousand 952 female voters. Vikaspuri assembly seat has the maximum number of 4 lakh 62 thousand voters. Delhi Cantonment seat has the least number of voters at 78 thousand 893. There are 1,261 voters of the third gender in Delhi.
Aam Aadmi Party surrounded by allegations of corruption
After coming out of the Corona crisis, BJP started accusing Aam Aadmi Party of corruption. His allegations were strengthened when the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain in May 2022. He is accused of money laundering. After this, many people including the then Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had to go to jail in the alleged scam in Delhi’s liquor policy. The Supreme Court has granted conditional bail to both of them. To avoid corruption charges, Arvind Kejriwal left the post of Chief Minister and made Atishi the Chief Minister.
What is the main issue of assembly elections
Corruption has emerged as a major issue in this election. BJP and Congress have made many allegations of corruption against the AAP government. Apart from the liquor scam, these include allegations of alleged scam in the name of decoration of the Chief Minister’s residence. AAP is responding to these allegations with its welfare schemes. Even before the elections this time, AAP has made many announcements, among which the important ones are the issues of electricity and water, money every month for women, priests, priests and imams and free treatment for elderly citizens. The major base of Aam Aadmi Party’s supporters in Delhi are the beneficiaries of its welfare schemes.
A supporter came to PM Narendra Modi’s rally with his photo.
The work done in the field of cheap electricity, water and education in Delhi has created a large base of AAP supporters. The result of this is that recently PM Narendra Modi also had to say in Delhi that no welfare scheme will be stopped. PM Modi has said that a ‘double engine’ government is needed for the development of Delhi. BJP is contesting the elections with this slogan. At the same time, Congress, which has been away from power in Delhi for the last three times, is trying to enter the election field with the help of its populist schemes. On Monday itself, it has announced the Pyari Didi scheme of giving Rs 2500 every month to women. In the coming days, it may announce some more similar schemes.
You are at the forefront in announcing the candidates.
This time in the election, Aam Aadmi Party defeated its rivals in the announcement of candidates. It has announced the names of all its 70 candidates. In view of the anti-incumbency wave, AAP has conducted many experiments in the selection of candidates. It has canceled the tickets of its 16 sitting MLAs. The seats of four MLAs have been changed. In these, the party has also included the name of Manish Sisodia, who has the number two position. Whereas BJP released its first list on January 4. Names of candidates for 29 seats were included in this. Whereas Congress has announced the names of its 48 candidates.
This time in Delhi, Aam Aadmi Party was the first to announce its candidates.
All three parties have announced the names of their candidates for three high profile seats in Delhi. The most prominent seat among these is New Delhi. AAP’s national convenor Arvind Kejriwal has been winning this seat for the last three times. This time, BJP and Congress have made tough preparations to give them a tough fight. Congress has fielded former MP Sandeep Dixit as its candidate against Kejriwal. He is the son of Sheila Dikshit, who was the Chief Minister of Delhi three times. Whereas BJP gave ticket to Pravesh Verma. He is the son of former Delhi Chief Minister Sahib Singh Verma and former MP. Because of this, a tough competition may be seen in New Delhi this time.
Three high profile seats of Delhi
Atishi, who was currently sitting on the chair of Chief Minister of Delhi, had won the election from Kalkaji seat. AAP has given him ticket from the same seat this time also. There he will face the fiery Congress leader Alka Lamba and former BJP MP Ramesh Vidhuri. Lamba has once been the MLA from Chandni Chowk on AAP ticket and the President of Delhi University Students Union. Whereas BJP candidate Vidhuri is making headlines with the announcement of his name. He used objectionable language against Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Delhi Chief Minister Atishi. For this he was heavily criticized. After this he has apologized.
Former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia is contesting elections from Jangpura this time. He had won the last election from Patparganj. This time he was afraid of anti-incumbency there. This time his seat has been changed. AAP has given ticket to YouTube teacher Avadh Ojha from Patparganj. In Jangpura, Sisodia is contesting from Farhad Suri of Congress. He is the son of veteran Congress leader Tajdar Babar. Babar has been MLA twice on Congress ticket. Whereas BJP has made Tarvinder Singh Marwah its candidate from Jangpura. He has been MLA from Jangpura seat three times. Marwah left Congress and joined BJP in 2022.
Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi politics
Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party has been running the government in Delhi for the last three times. AAP came to power for the first time in the 2013 elections. No party got majority in that assembly election. In that election, BJP had won 31 seats with 33.12 percent votes. AAP, contesting elections for the first time, had won 28 seats with 29.64 percent votes. Whereas Congress got 24.67 percent votes and eight seats. AAP formed the government under the leadership of Arvind Kejriwal with the support of Congress.
Your first government could not last long. Because of this, assembly elections had to be held once again in 2015. AAP made a historic performance in this election by winning 67 out of 70 seats. BJP could win only three seats. Congress did not get any seats. After this, AAP could not repeat its previous performance in the elections held in 2020. Even after this, AAP managed to win 62 out of 70 seats. BJP got eight seats. Congress had to be satisfied with zero in this election also.
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