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People showing ink mark after casting their vote during Delhi MCD Polling in New Delhi on December 4, 2022.
| Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma
Over 1.45 crore electors will decide the fate of 1,349 candidates today in the first civic polls since the merger of the three erstwhile municipal corporations — North, South and East — in May, and after the total number of municipal wards were reduced to 250 from the previous total of 272..
The high-stakes poll is largely being perceived as a two-way contest between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), while the Congress looks to throw a surprise or two.
The run-up to the polls witnessed large-scale aggressive campaigns which included numerous roadshows and nukkad sabhas by both AAP as well as the BJP, which concluded on Sunday.
The BJP consistently deployed big names from its national and State leadership – the likes of party national president J.P. Nadda and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma – to levy allegations of corruption, paired with theatrics, against AAP.
AAP has maintained its stance of being “ kattar imandaar” (honest to the core) and mounted its campaign on civic issues revolving around waste management, the city’s three landfills and the MCD’s poor finances that they claim were largely ignored by the BJP during the latter’s 15-year term in the civic body.
Delhi Congress chief claims his name missing from voters’ list at polling booth
Delhi Congress president Anil Chaudhary claimed that he found his name missing from the voters’ list when he arrived at the polling booth to cast his vote for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections on Sunday.
Mr. Chaudhary claimed that his name is neither in the voters list nor in the deleted list.“My name is neither in the voter list nor in the deleted list. My wife has voted. Officials are checking it,” said the Delhi Congress president who arrived at a polling booth in Dallupura to cast his vote.
Congress leader Alka Lamba urges people to vote for change
Congress leader Alka Lamba on Sunday urged people of the national capital to vote for change in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections.
The Congress leader exercised her franchise at a polling booth in Raghuveer Nagar.
“I appeal to people to come out of their homes and vote. People should vote for change,” she said after casting her vote.— ANI
Dirty streets, drains, and 2020 riots are the main deciding factor, says East Delhi’s Jafrabad resident
People showing ink mark after casting their vote during Delhi MCD Polling in New Delhi on December 4, 2022.
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Nikhil M. Babu
Mohammad Alimuddin, 42, a resident of Jafrabad in North East Delhi said that dirty streets and drains are the main issues of the area.
Pointing to open drains clogged with waste and plastic he said, “The situation has been like this for the past five years. Though both councillor and MLA were from the AAP, they did not do anything. Last time I voted for AAP, but this time I didn’t.”
North East witnessed communal riots in 2020 in which at least 53 people were killed and this is the first election in the area since then.
“The riots is in everyone’s mind still. It’s not the sole deciding factor of who I vote for, but it’s still a main factor,” he added.— The Hindu
BJP failed miserably to work for Delhi people, says Manish Sisodia
As voting is underway for Delhi MCD elections on Sunday, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia accused BJP of not doing anything for Delhi for the last 15 years and said that it has failed miserably to work for the people of the city.
Mr. Sisodia appealed to the people of the national capital to vote in record numbers and to make the city clean.
“1.5 crore people are going to vote in Municipal Corporation polls today. I appeal to people to keep in my mind that MCD’s priority is to keep Delhi clean, sanitation issues, landfill, corruption, parking mess, stray animals and to build schools and hospitals among others. everyone to think before voting and vote for keeping Delhi clean. Vote for a garbage-free Delhi,” he said.— ANI
Vote for making Delhi clean, beautiful city: CM Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday urged people in the city to exercise their franchise for setting up an honest and performing establishment in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).
“Today is voting for making a neat and clean and beautiful Delhi, voting for forming a corruption free government (establishment) at the municipal corporation.I appeal all the Delhi citizen to do go for voting to form an honest and performing government at the MCD,” Mr. Kejriwal tweeted in Hindi.— ANI
Tight security in view of the polls in Delhi
Around 40,000 police personnel, 20,000 home guards as well as 108 companies of paramilitary and state armed police forces will be deployed to ensure smooth conduct of the MCD election, officials said.
Sixty drones will also be used to ensure law and order in sensitive areas, they said. — PTI
Voting begins for 250 municipal wards in the national Capital
People standing in queue to cast their vote during Delhi MCD Polling on December 4, 2022.
| Photo Credit:
Sushil Kumar Verma
Delhi gears up to elect 250 municipal wards from 1349 candidates on a chilly winter morning. Voting started at 8 a.m. and will continue till 5:30 p.m.
After days of high-decibel campaigning by what is being seen as a two-way contest between AAP and BJP, the people of Delhi vote in the first civic polls since the merger of the three erstwhile municipal corporations.
Wholesale, retail markets to remain closed on December 4, says CTI
All wholesale and retail markets in the national capital will remain closed on December 4 in view of the civic body polls here, a traders’ body said on Saturday.
The Chamber of Trade and Industry (CTI) said popular markets, including Lajpat Nagar, Gandhi Nagar, Krishna Nagar, Kamala Nagar, Karol Bagh, Laxmi Nagar among others will remain close.— PTI
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