Delhi Elections : Okhla is back in election mode
Barely two months after dust around the Lok Sabha elections settled down, Okhla is back in election mode. The area is counting numbers, discussing the Batla House encounter, and speculating political moves.
While sitting Congress MLA Parvez Hashmi filed his nomination papers for Rajya Sabha seat vacated by J P Aggarwal, the race to replace the four-time MLA from Okhla Assembly constituency has already begun.
And Hashmi’s son Farhan Hashmi is being seen as one of the main contenders for a Congress ticket, and Hashmi himself is pushing his candidature. Nearly 65 per cent of the voting population in the area is Muslim. Among the other contenders are Congress councillor from Nizamuddin Farhad Suri and former Okhla MLA Siraj Parcha’s son Mehmood Parcha.
Another contender is former Badarpur MLA Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, who joined Congress last year before the Delhi Assembly elections. With part of the Badarpur constituency included in Okhla after delimitation, Bidhuri is expected to play a key role in retaining the seat.
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