Poll Panel Orders Probe Against BJP's Parvesh Verma Over Kejriwal's Complaint
AAP and Kejriwal have alleged that BJP and Verma set up job camps under the 'Har Ghar Naukri' campaign for registrations and distribution of Rs 1,100.
Delhi Election News: The district election officer of the New Delhi constituency has asked the police to look into complaints of violations of the model code of conduct filed by AAP and its convener Arvind Kejriwal against BJP candidate Parvesh Verma.
AAP and Kejriwal have alleged that BJP and Verma set up job camps under the 'Har Ghar Naukri' campaign for registrations and distribution of Rs 1,100, PTI reported quoting officials. Verma, who is contesting against Kejriwal in the New Delhi seat, had last week announced the ‘Har Ghar Naukri’ campaign. The fair was scheduled to be held on Wednesday (January 15).
The election officers said flying squads formed to check model code of conduct violations did not find any camps or pamphlets as alleged by the AAP.
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Kejriwal, Verma and Congress' Sandeep Dikshit are among the prominent candidates from the New Delhi constituency.
Delhi Elections Date
The Delhi Assembly Election 2025 will be held in a single phase on February 5 and the results will be announced on February 8. The contest is expected to be a three-corner fight between the Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party, and the Aam Aadmi Party.
Delhi has a total of 1.55 crore voters this year — 83.49 men, 71.74 women, and 1,261 transgenders. As many as 2.08 lakh first-time voters are eligible to cast their ballots.
Moreover, Delhi will have 1.09 lakh voters aged above 85 and there will be 830 centenarians eligible to vote.
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Delhi Assembly Election 2020 Results
In 2020, the Aam Aadmi Party won a landslide victory in Delhi. AAP won 62 out of 70 seats here, while the BJP won only eight seats. On the other hand, the Congress was completely wiped out in the last election. Not a single Congress candidate could win.
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