Delhi goes to polls in 70 Meeting seats as we speak amid tight safety
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The Delhi election will probably be held in a single part from 7 a.m. to six p.m. with the vote counting scheduled for February 8. Polling will probably be carried out throughout 13,766 stations in all 70 constituencies, the place 699 candidates are contesting for seats.
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Over 1.56 crore voters are set to seal the destiny of the Delhi Meeting polls as all 70 Meeting constituencies will vote in a single part on Wednesday from 7 a.m. onwards with 13,766 polling stations arrange at 2,696 polling places.
A complete of 699 candidates are contesting, with the Aam Aadmi Occasion and Congress fielding candidates in all 70 seats. Compared, the Bharatiya Janata Occasion has nominated 68 candidates, leaving two seats for its allies, JD(U) and LJP.
Within the high-profile New Delhi constituency, the place AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal is searching for re-election, the BJP and Congress have fielded Parvesh Sahib Singh and Sandeep Dikshit, sons of former Chief Ministers.
The Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) is making a robust push to regain management of the nationwide capital after greater than 25 years. All through its marketing campaign, the celebration has focused the Aam Aadmi Occasion (AAP) over alleged corruption expenses in opposition to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and different leaders.
The BJP has additionally criticised AAP for failing to scrub the Yamuna River, mismanaging landfills, and never adhering to Strong Waste Administration Bylaws. Senior BJP leaders, together with Union Residence Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, celebration president J.P. Nadda and a number of other chief ministers, actively campaigned till the final day.
Safety beefed up
Greater than 30,000 police personnel and 220 corporations of paramilitary forces have been deployed throughout Delhi for the February 5 Meeting polls, an official stated on Monday.
Whereas addressing a press convention, Particular Commissioners of Police (Regulation and Order) Madhup Tewari (Zone-II) and Ravindra Yadav (Zone-I) outlined the preparations for the elections.
“All Delhi Police personnel are dedicated to making sure free, truthful, and peaceable elections. The pre-poll preparations have already been made,” Particular CP Ravindra Yadav stated.
On the eve of the meeting elections, leaders from each AAP and BJP turned to non secular websites, searching for divine blessings for electoral success. AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal visited the Hanuman Temple at Connaught Place along with his spouse and kids, praying for the victory of “reality,” whereas Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva supplied prayers on the Jagannath Temple in Hauz Khas.
Later, Kejriwal accompanied by Delhi Chief Minister Atishi, met the Election Fee, alleging that BJP and the police had been creating an environment of worry to suppress voter turnout. Chatting with the media, he claimed that BJP “goons” would possibly mark voters’ fingers with black ink to stop them from casting their ballots.
Responding to the allegation, the BJP dismissed Kejriwal’s accusations and alleged that its councillor Alka Raghav and celebration employees had been attacked in Laxmi Nagar.
With inputs from businesses
