Voting is under way for the much
talked-about Delhi assembly elections, which is touted as the first real test
of PM Modi's popularity wave.
Polling started at 8 in the
morning. Initially the polling was on the slower side, but after a couple of
hours later as the sun came out, the polling picked up speed. Around 36% voting
happened till 1 PM.
Delhi has around 13 million eligible
voters who can cast their votes at 12000 thousand polling stations in the
capital city. To take care of any security concern, around 55000 para-military
personnel have been deputed here along with the Delhi Police.
Both the AAP and the BJP are
fighting for the throne in Delhi. The Congress party, which ruled the state for
15 consecutive years till 2013, is conspicuously lagging behind the two
mentioned parties.
In the meanwhile, BJP's New Delhi
candidate Nupur Sharma - fighting the election against the AAP chief Arvind
Kejriwal- has alleged that the AAP workers have manhandled her sister near
Sangli booth; AAP has refuted the allegation and called it baseless and
politically motivated.
Both the CM candidates Kiran Bedi
and Arvind Kejriwal are fighting a close battle this time as almost all the
opinion polls have termed the Delhi assembly elections as a neck-to-neck fight.
The results will be announced on
10 February.
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