New Delhi, Jan 15: Several prominent leaders of the BJP and AAP, including Arvind Kejriwal, Parvesh Verma, Ramesh Bidhuri, Kailash Gahlot and Satyendar Jain, on Wednesday filed their nomination papers for the February 5 Delhi polls, intensifying the political battleground.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Kejriwal, who is locked in a triangular fight against BJP’s Parvesh Verma and Congress’ Sandeep Dikshit from the high-profile New Delhi constituency, filed his nomination.
Before submitting his poll papers, Kejriwal, accompanied by his wife Sunita, offered prayers at the Hanuman and Valmiki temples. The former Delhi chief minister led a ‘padyatra’ from the AAP headquarters to the New Delhi district magistrate’s office to file the nomination with hundreds of AAP workers carrying party flags and walking with him. In a video, Kejriwal’s son and daughter were seen dancing during the ‘padyatra’ on the tunes of the party’s campaign song. After filing his nomination, Kejriwal exuded confidence that AAP would return to power in the national capital.
Verma faces action for ‘distributing’ shoes
The returning officer for the New Delhi Assembly segment has directed the police to investigate an incident of BJP candidate Parvesh Verma allegedly distributing shoes to electors at a Valmiki temple in violation of the poll code. Citing complaints received about the alleged act of “corruption,” the returning officer has instructed the station house office of the area to initiate the action for violation of the Model Code of Conduct and has sought an action-taken report at the earliest.
Verma, however, claimed that he honoured the sanitation workers by placing shoes on their feet at the temple and no footwear was distributed. (PTI)
