Manish Sisodia files nomination, taunts BJP over ‘no CM face’ in Delhi elections

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate from Jangpura and former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister, Manish Sisodia, filed his nomination on Thursday for the upcoming Assembly elections.

After filing the nomination, he said, “Today I have filed my nomination from Jangpura with the hope that public will give the same support that it has been giving to Arvind Kejriwal’s team for the last 10 years.”

“If I am elected as the MLA of Jangpura, I will support the people of Jangpura in their happiness and sorrow and will help in building their future by augmenting the education and health sector. With this feeling, I have filed my nomination,” he added.

“During Kejriwal’s government, there have been changes in the lives of Delhiites. Kejriwal has a vision for the city and its residents,” he said, citing the AAP’s promises of welfare schemes like Mahila Samman Yojana, Sanjeevani Yojana and Pujari-Granthi Samman Yojana.

Taking aim at the BJP, he said that the BJP is “a factory of lies” and said that the party should first decide the Chief Minister’s face.

Earlier on Wednesday, Sisodia, accompanied by AAP workers, held a roadshow, which witnessed a large crowd of supporters waving party flags and holding posters of the former Deputy CM.

He also offered prayers at the ancient Angoori Temple in Kilokari, seeking divine blessings before proceeding to file his nomination papers.

The AAP has fielded Sisodia from the Jangpura Assembly constituency instead of his traditional stronghold, Patparganj. Sisodia will face BJP candidate Tarvinder Singh Marwah and Congress’s Farhad Suri in the election.

The elections for Delhi’s 70 Assembly seats will take place on February 5, with the counting of votes scheduled for February 8. AAP, which secured 67 seats in 2015 and retained dominance with 62 seats in 2020, is seeking a third consecutive term.

The BJP, which increased its tally from three seats in 2015 to eight in 2020, aims to expand its influence, while the Congress strives to make a comeback after failing to win any seats in the last two elections.

IANS

 

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