The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday lifted the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) with immediate effect following the results of the Delhi legislative assembly polls and also the bye-elections in Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh.
An estimated 57.70 per cent voter turnout was recorded in Delhi Assembly polls till 5 pm, with the highest registered at Mustafabad constituency at 66.68 per cent.
Voting for the 70 Assembly constituencies in Delhi is underway, with several prominent leaders casting their ballots early on Wednesday morning.
President Droupadi Murmu and Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena exercised their franchise during Assembly elections here on Wednesday.
The stage is set for voting on Wednesday in the Assembly elections in Delhi in what has turned out to be a no-holds-barred battle among the Aam Aadmi party (AAP), BJP and the Congress.
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva on Wednesday accused AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal of spreading lies and misinformation through fabricated claims.
Pointing out that the right to contest in elections is not a fundamental right, Justice Pankaj Mithal, heading the bench, refused to grant interim bail to Tahir Hussain stating that it may “open a Pandora’s box.”
Ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in Delhi, Congress has announced the list of its star campaigners, where party chief Mallikarjun Kharge along with Sonia Gandhi, Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will be participating in the poll campaign for candidates.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has allotted two seats to its National Democratic Alliance (NDA) allies, Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) and Chirag Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), for the upcoming Delhi assembly polls on February 5.
A total of 155 cases registered under violation of Model Code ofConduct (MCC) in the first week of its enforcement in the national capital ahead of the assembly elections, the Delhi Police said on Tuesday.
