Kejriwal thanks INDIA bloc partners for extending support in Delhi polls
AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday thanked INDIA bloc partners for extending support to the party in the Delhi assembly elections scheduled for February 5.
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will address a public meeting in Delhi on January 13 (Monday) to start his campaign for his party in the upcoming assembly elections in the national capital.
The venue of the public meeting to be addressed by the former Congress president falls under the Seelampur Assembly constituency, sources said.
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The Congress party, which is eyeing to return to power by ousting the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, is contesting the elections alone. The party has, so far, fielded candidates from 48 of the 70 assembly constituencies in Delhi.
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Notably, the AAP and Congress, both part of the INDIA bloc, contested the last Lok Sabha elections together. Of the seven parliamentary seats in Delhi, both the parties drew a blank with BJP winning all seven seats in the general elections. Congress had earlier blamed the AAP for the dismal performance of the alliance in Delhi.
To woo the voters ahead of the Assembly polls, the Congress party announced the Pyari Didi Yojana and Jeevan Raksha Yojana to be implemented if the party came to power in Delhi. Under the Pyari Didi Yojana, the party promised Rs 2,500 allowance to every woman per month and Rs 25 lakh health insurance for all the residents under Jeevan Raksha Yojana.
In the 2020 Assembly polls, the AAP won 62 assembly seats against BJP’s eight while in 2015 polls, AAP bagged 67 seats and BJP won only three seats.Congress drew a blank on both these occasions.
Elections to the 70-member Assembly will be held on February 5 and the counting of votes will take place on February 8.
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