Lok Sabha Elections 2024: All set for pitched capital battle as 7 Delhi seats vote in phase 6 this weekend
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 on May 25.The contest in the national capital has become interesting as it is a direct fight between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and INDIA bloc parties – the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).The Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP is contesting four seats while the Congress has fielded candidates in three seats as per the seat-sharing agreement. The BJP, which won all 7 seats of Delhi in 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections, has dropped all but one Members of Parliament (MP) for the 2024 elections.All seven seats witnessed high-octane campaigns, rallies and roadshows by leaders of all political parties.
The campaign for sixth phase of polling ended on Thursday.The Lok Sabha election in Delhi took an interesting turn when the Enforcement Directorate arrested Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in the alleged Delhi Liquor policy scam on March 21, five days after the Election Commission of India announced the general election poll schedule.However, the AAP chief was released on interim bail on May 10, raising the stakes of the campaign two weeks ahead of the elections for Delhi seats. Kejriwal has since been campaigning throughout Delhi for his and Congress party candidates.
He has been AAP’s star campaigner and a prominent face of the opposition’s INDIA bloc.'Also Read: AAP made accused' in Delhi excise policy case, ED files chargesheet against Arvind Kejriwal and his partyKejriwal is out on bail until June 1, the last phase of the general elections. The results of the seven-phase Lok Sabha polls will be declared on June 4.The INDIA bloc is clearly counting on the sympathy wave following Arvind Kejriwal's arrest.
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