AAP candidates for MCD mayoral polls file nominations
Mahesh Khichi has filed his nomination for the elections to the mayoral post.
Mahesh Khichi has filed his nomination for the elections to the mayoral post.
According to reports, Adesh Gupta has submitted his resignation to the party's national president JP Nadda.
The party will now “expose the corrupt Aam Aadmi Party", said Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta while addressing the media for the first time after losing the MCD polls.
DPCC) president Chaudhary Anil Kumar pointed out that Congress’ vote share has jumped from 4.26 to 12 per cent while the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) vote share, which was 54 per cent during the Assembly elections in 2020, slumped to 42 per cent, and that of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) remaining static at 39 per cent.
Major concern for the party is that even though its vote share, at 42.05 per cent, was double of 2017's 21.09 per cent, it has lost around 12 per cent of its vote share since the last Assembly polls.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won the MCD polls with 134 of the total 250 wards in the national capital's civic body polls.
The exit polls also predicted a poor performance by Congress and indicated that the party has failed to revive itself in the national capital.
Anil Chaudhary alleged that many voters could not exercise their franchise since their names were missing from the electoral rolls.
According to the State Election Commission (SEC), brisk polling is going on smoothly in all wards. "No untoward incident reported till now. Voters are showing keen interest and polling so far has been hassle-free and pleasant," said SEC.
The voting for civic body polls is underway amid tight security across the national capital. The voting for 250 wards began at 8 am and will conclude at 5:30 pm.
