Voters from across the spectrum, including the old and young, told Millennium Post: ‘Our vote is against the Congress. It can be either the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) or the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) but not Congress for sure.’
RK Puram saw a huge voter turnout of 80.5 per cent. AAP candidate Shazia Ilmi was spotted at Sri Venkateswara College interacting with the voters. A confident Ilmi said: ‘I am very happy with the voter turnout and glad to see people come out and vote for us.’
Two middle-aged women who had voted for the BJP in RK Puram constituency said that they were unhappy with the Congress government and hence wanted a change in the national capital. They exuded confidence about BJP’s victory and asserted that it could be any party but the Congress that would win the assembly election given their misrule.
Interestingly, another common response of people was that they have exercised their vote for a particular party and most of them have not gone for the None of the Above (NOTA) option. Twenty-four-year old Nitin Singh, resident of Ambedkar Nagar said, ‘I have voted for a party which is definitely not the Congress and made sure that I did not go for the NOTA option.’
A first-time voter, Gaurav Kumar, who is a college student, voted at GD Goenka Public School, Vasant Kunj, insisted that he has voted for a party, which he claimed was not the Congress, and chosen not to go for the NOTA option. Three more of his friends also chose the non-NOTA option.
Another significant political presence apart from that of the BJP and the AAP was made by the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), whose representatives were present at all polling booths of south Delhi. Though both BJP and Congress had their workers present all the polling booths, AAP representatives were conspicuous by their absence from some.
Kalkaji constituency too saw a huge voter turnout. Most voters here were in support of the BJP. In Ambedkar Nagar, however, a lot of people were upbeat about the victory of the AAP.
RK Puram saw a huge voter turnout of 80.5 per cent. AAP candidate Shazia Ilmi was spotted at Sri Venkateswara College interacting with the voters. A confident Ilmi said: ‘I am very happy with the voter turnout and glad to see people come out and vote for us.’
Two middle-aged women who had voted for the BJP in RK Puram constituency said that they were unhappy with the Congress government and hence wanted a change in the national capital. They exuded confidence about BJP’s victory and asserted that it could be any party but the Congress that would win the assembly election given their misrule.
Interestingly, another common response of people was that they have exercised their vote for a particular party and most of them have not gone for the None of the Above (NOTA) option. Twenty-four-year old Nitin Singh, resident of Ambedkar Nagar said, ‘I have voted for a party which is definitely not the Congress and made sure that I did not go for the NOTA option.’
A first-time voter, Gaurav Kumar, who is a college student, voted at GD Goenka Public School, Vasant Kunj, insisted that he has voted for a party, which he claimed was not the Congress, and chosen not to go for the NOTA option. Three more of his friends also chose the non-NOTA option.
Another significant political presence apart from that of the BJP and the AAP was made by the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), whose representatives were present at all polling booths of south Delhi. Though both BJP and Congress had their workers present all the polling booths, AAP representatives were conspicuous by their absence from some.
Kalkaji constituency too saw a huge voter turnout. Most voters here were in support of the BJP. In Ambedkar Nagar, however, a lot of people were upbeat about the victory of the AAP.