AAP & BJP begin by-poll campaign
1 Nov 2014 6:07 AM IST
Aam Aadmi Party on Friday kick started its preparations for the upcoming by-elections in the national capital which will be fought on three Assembly seats next month.
The BJP also began campaigning for by-elections on three Delhi assembly seats of Tughlaqabad, Mehrauli and Krishna Nagar by organising conventions for party workers in these places. The three seats had fallen vacant after BJP MLAs from these seats were elected to the Lok Sabha this year.
MPs Harsh Vardhan, Pravesh Verma and Ramesh Bidhuri had successfully contested the 2013 Assembly elections from Krishna Nagar, Mehrauli and Tughlaqabad, respectively, but were later elected to the Lok Sabha.
The three MPs, Delhi BJP incharge and party’s National Vice President Prabhat Jha and Delhi BJP President Satish Upadhyay attended the conventions, a party statement said.
On the other hand, at an internal party meeting held at the party’s office, senior leaders, including party chief Arvind Kejriwal, held multiple meetings with different wings of AAP, including its MLAs, youth wing and social media team.
‘By-elections are happening on three seats and we have started preparing for that. Party MLAs met here and there are meetings on with different volunteer groups of the party,’ senior party leader Manish Sisodia said.
Sisodia indicated that existing MLAs from the party would have an important role to play in the bypolls. ‘MLAs would play a significant role in these elections.
‘People recognise them now, they have experience of fighting an election and also winning it. They all will go to the areas of their respective Assembly constituencies for campaigning,’ Sisodia said.
However, the names of the candidates for the by-elections have not been disclosed as yet. The last date for submitting nominations is 5 November.
On the issue of the Lieutenant Governor calling parties for a possible government formation in
Delhi, Sisodia said, ‘Till now I haven’t heard if anyone has been called by the Lt Governor with regard to government formation. But we hope that something will be done before the next hearing in the Supreme Court on 11 November.’
The by-polls have been necessitated after three BJP MLAs —Harsh Vardhan, Ramesh Bidhuri and Parvesh Verma— were elected to Parliament. The elections to the three seats will be held on 25 November.
The BJP also began campaigning for by-elections on three Delhi assembly seats of Tughlaqabad, Mehrauli and Krishna Nagar by organising conventions for party workers in these places. The three seats had fallen vacant after BJP MLAs from these seats were elected to the Lok Sabha this year.
MPs Harsh Vardhan, Pravesh Verma and Ramesh Bidhuri had successfully contested the 2013 Assembly elections from Krishna Nagar, Mehrauli and Tughlaqabad, respectively, but were later elected to the Lok Sabha.
The three MPs, Delhi BJP incharge and party’s National Vice President Prabhat Jha and Delhi BJP President Satish Upadhyay attended the conventions, a party statement said.
On the other hand, at an internal party meeting held at the party’s office, senior leaders, including party chief Arvind Kejriwal, held multiple meetings with different wings of AAP, including its MLAs, youth wing and social media team.
‘By-elections are happening on three seats and we have started preparing for that. Party MLAs met here and there are meetings on with different volunteer groups of the party,’ senior party leader Manish Sisodia said.
Sisodia indicated that existing MLAs from the party would have an important role to play in the bypolls. ‘MLAs would play a significant role in these elections.
‘People recognise them now, they have experience of fighting an election and also winning it. They all will go to the areas of their respective Assembly constituencies for campaigning,’ Sisodia said.
However, the names of the candidates for the by-elections have not been disclosed as yet. The last date for submitting nominations is 5 November.
On the issue of the Lieutenant Governor calling parties for a possible government formation in
Delhi, Sisodia said, ‘Till now I haven’t heard if anyone has been called by the Lt Governor with regard to government formation. But we hope that something will be done before the next hearing in the Supreme Court on 11 November.’
The by-polls have been necessitated after three BJP MLAs —Harsh Vardhan, Ramesh Bidhuri and Parvesh Verma— were elected to Parliament. The elections to the three seats will be held on 25 November.
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