Delhi Elections 2025: Congress’s Solely Hope Was Devender Yadav, Till He Too Misplaced – News18
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Contesting from Badli constituency in North Delhi, Devender Yadav was main in early counting of votes in opposition to AAP’s sitting MLA Ajesh Yadav and BJP’s Aahir Deepak Chaudharyy. However his fortunes reversed round midday
Delhi Congress chief Devender Yadav reveals his finger marked with indelible ink after casting vote in Delhi Meeting elections. (X/@INCDelhi)
Delhi elections 2025 marked the Congress celebration’s third straight duck within the nationwide capital. The celebration, like in 2015 and 2020, didn’t win even one of many 70 seats within the Meeting. The one Congress candidate who even got here near profitable a seat was Delhi Congress chief Devender Yadav.
Contesting from Badli constituency in North Delhi, Devender Yadav was up in opposition to AAP’s sitting MLA Ajesh Yadav and BJP’s Aahir Deepak Chaudharyy. Yadav was main in early counting of votes on Saturday however his fortunes reversed round midday. Publish that, BJP’s Chaudharyy took and maintained a robust lead.
Devender Yadav was appointed to the publish of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) president in April 2024, two days after Arvinder Singh Beautiful resigned from the publish, criticising the celebration’s alliance with AAP within the basic elections. He had beforehand served as Badli MLA from 2008 to 2013 and 2013 to 2015.
Within the run-up to 2025 elections, Yadav had taken on Kejriwal immediately, saying the previous chief minister was “terrified of the Congress’ ballot ensures” and thus modified the AAP candidates from Hari Nagar and Narela Meeting constituencies. “It additionally exposes the AAP’s non efficiency within the final 11 years because the celebration has been deceptive the individuals with false guarantees,” Yadav had stated.
He had additionally taken private digs on the AAP nationwide convenor, saying he wears “outsized shirts and damaged slippers” to mislead the individuals.
In his election affidavit, Yadav declared a web price of Rs 46.85 core. He has Rs 3.37 crore in movable property, together with 4 automobiles, and over Rs 15.36 lakh in money. His spouse has movable property of Rs 2.05 crore, which incorporates 1,250 grams of gold. He has liabilities of Rs 1.81 crore.
Yadav’s complete immovable property are Rs 41.42 crore. His earnings for the monetary yr 2023-24 was Rs 70.47 lakh, whereas his spouse’s was Rs 25.24 lakh throughout the identical interval. Yadav has one pending prison case.
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Delhi, India, India
