Delhi Assembly Elections 2020 – The D Day

The polling is in progress in over 13, 751 booths across Delhi and there are a total of 14.8 million electors in the capital.

There is a possibility of more than 60% polling keeping in view the hectic and fierce political campaigning between AAP, BJP, and Congress. Delhi elections seem to be a direct contest between the Delhi’s ruling party AAP and the centrally ruled BJP.

The television channels are full of running commentary on the voting that’s going on in 70 constituencies of Delhi. So far several VVIPs and VIPs have cast their votes by 11.30 AM viz the president of India Ram Nath Kovind and his family at the Rashtrapati Bhawan booth in a Sarvodaya school within the president house precincts, external affairs minister Jai Shankar Prasad, Congress leader and former president Rahul Gandhi, Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari, Delhi CM, and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal, his former IRS wife family, BJP stalwart and former deputy PM L. K. Advani n his daughter Pratibha Advani, controversial BJP MP Pravesh Sahib Singh Verma, former union minister and ex Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken, deputy CM and Patparganj AAP candidate Manish Sisodia, etc. Meanwhile, the Congress candidate from Chandni Chowk and former AAP MLA Alka Lamba has created a controversy today as she slapped a worker of Aam Admi Party in her constituency creating a furore and confusion.

She has accused AAP workers of using derogatory language against her. The polling in almost all the 70 constituencies of Delhi which was feeble in the morning is now gearing up speedily and hectic activities are being witnessed outside various polling stations. While the political analysts say that the polling trend shows that it may cross more than 65% mark nothing can be unambiguously predicted as there is still a lot of time left till 6.00 PM. According to news reports in 2015 when AAP secured a historic majority with 67 seats, five constituencies of Delhi witnessed maximum polling from 72.1% in Mangolpuri to 74.2% in Gokalpur with Krishan Nagar constituency in trans-Yamuna polling 72.2%, Rajauri Garden 72.4% and Seems Puri polling 73.2% votes. The five other constituencies that polled less number of votes were Delhi Cantt. 58.6%, Okhla 60.9%, Bawana 61.8%, Mehrauli 62.8%, and Rajinder Nagar 63%.

Meanwhile, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal who visited a Hanuman Temple to seek the diety’s blessing before going to cast his vote has given rise to the controversy by not washing his hands after he touched his slippers before entering the temple. The TV debates are showing the BJP leaders blaming him for not washing his hands before entering the Hanuman temple to seek the deity’ s blessings thus insulting a Hindu God. Now slapping of AAP worker by Alka Lamba has generated another controversy. It may be recalled that in 2015 assembly elections about 67% electorates had voted in Delhi which is considered as massive polling. This was the highest polling in Delhi elections since 1991.

This maximum polling reflected the anger of the Delhi electorates against the then Congress governments of Delhi and the center which were in power for the protracted 15 and 10 years respectively having been allegedly embedded in corruption. This unambiguously means that if the voter percentage crosses the 67% mark it may be a KHATRE KI GHANTI for the ruling party. But observers say it’s not going to happen as the polling will stagnate between 60 to 70% at the most. There is, however, no denying the fact that the consolidation by the BJP campaign on Shaheen Bagh, CAA, NRC, NPR, article 370 and RamTemple after the 1st of February has enhanced the BJP some seats of the saffron party in Delhi but their leaders claim of forming their government in Delhi as according to them the Delhi voters are voting for them for Rashtravad against AAP supporting divisive forces allegedly led by Arvind Kejriwal and his cohorts. On the other hand, the Aam Admi Party and its leaders are highly optimistic about winning these elections hands down.

The counting is scheduled for 11th. But one thing is absolutely clear that the election of Delhi is being fought on ideology and good governance. Let’s see what comes out finally on 11th February.

Yogi Adityanath’s electrifying speeches while campaigning for Delhi Assembly Elections 2020