Delhi Election 2008 : Congress to highlight development, BJP price rise
As the Election Commission Tuesday announced Nov 29 as the date for the Delhi assembly elections, the ruling Congress said development
would be its main poll plank while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said it would take on the administration on price rise and terrorism.
Dikshit’s Congress government may face a strong anti-incumbency factor this time after ruling the capital for 10 years. But Dikshit said she feels there would be a pro- incumbency vote. Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president JP Aggarwal said he has full confidence that his party would return to power in Delhi for the third time.
At present the Congress has 47 seats in the assembly, the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has 20, while one each are with the Nationalist Congress Party and the Janata Dal-Secular and one with an independent.
Ten years ago, when the Congress came to power in Delhi, one of the major issues was price rise and inflation. This time around, the Congress government would be facing the same set of issues.
Besides issues like development, water and electricity, terrorism and security are also expected to be major issues in these polls.
BJP, which is the main opposition party, stated that the party is all geared up for the elections and expects to win with two-thirds majority.
While the BJP and the Congress are planning to target each other, another party that is expected to play a key role in the Delhi elections is Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).
Delhi’s chief electoral officer Satbir Silas Bedi said: “We are ready for the elections. We have already published photo electoral rolls for the 24 newly delimited assembly constituencies of the capital. We will Wednesday publish the photo electoral rolls of the remaining 46 constituencies of the Delhi assembly.”
Asked about new voter cards, Bedi said: “The card upgradation process will go on. We will also issue new voter identity cards to those whose names have been included in the voter list for the first time or whose photographs have changed.”
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the licensee had been allowed to run only a library, an Internet café and a cafeteria at the community centre but he had erected a permanent air-conditioned tent there and forced the customers to book the space as well as the tent.
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Jab BJP councillor Karen Manmani Toh 36 Seat Kahan Se Aani