The Congress swept the Lok Sabha elections in Delhi, with the party pocketing all seven seats in the city-state. Saturday’s results, after the convincing victory in last November’s Assembly elections, have as good as made the Capital a Congress fortress.

The margin for the Congress was the highest in East Delhi where Chief Minister’s son and sitting MP Sandeep Dikshit defeated BJP rival Chetan Chauhan by 2,41,053 votes.

In North-East Delhi Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president J. P. Agarwal, not only won the seat by the second highest margin of 2,22,243 votes.

In Chandni Chowk Union Minister Kapil Sibal of the Congress defeated his BJP rival and municipal councillor Vijender Gupta by 2,00,710 votes.

Union Minister of State and Congress candidate from New Delhi Ajay Maken who was pitted against BJP candidate and party national general secretary Vijay Goel posted a huge win by 1,87,809 votes.

Krishna Tirath won from the North-West Delhi reserved constituency by an almost similar margin of 1,84,433 votes defeating her BJP rival and former Delhi Mayor Meera Kanwaria.

Mahabal Mishra of the Congress, who was considered by many to be the weakest candidate of the seven, also proved his critics wrong by defeating senior BJP leader Jagdish Mukhi by a margin of 1,29,010 votes in West Delhi.

Finally in South Delhi, where like North-East Delhi the Congress replaced its candidate Sajjan Kumar with his brother Ramesh Kumar, the change did not affect the party’s fortune. And Mr. Ramesh Kumar  defeated his BJP rival Ramesh Bidhuri by 93,000 votes .

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The election campaign will come to an end on Tuesday at 5 p.m. in more places, ahead of Thursday’s Phase IV polling in 85 Lok Sabha constituencies in seven States and the National Capital Territory of Delhi. Political canvassing is at its peak, as less than 24 hours are left for the end of public campaign. One of the most important state that will go to polls on Thursday, is National Capital Delhi. Polling will be held in all seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi on May 7. The main battle will be between arch-rivals Congress and BJP. However, BSP may play a crucial role in some of the seats.

Union Ministers Kapil Sibal (Chandni Chowk), Ajay Maken (New Delhi) and Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president J.P. Agarwal (North-East Delhi) and Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit’s son Sandeep Dikshit (East Delhi) are in the ring. Mr. Ajay Maken’s (Congress) rival in the BJP is the former Union Minister, Vijay Goel.

In Delhi, BJP has been able to hold some advantage over the Congress, riding high on the personality of its Prime Ministerial candidate LK Advani, issue of terrorism, price rise, black money in Swiss Banks and confusion among the UPA allies. However, it is to be seen if the party can convert those responses into votes.

In an interesting development, BSP candidate Haji Dilshad has withdrawn his nomination in favour of the Congress candidate JP Aggarwal from North East Delhi. He has decided to campaign for the Congress candidate.

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The Congress received a major boost to their confidence on Monday night, brightening its chances in the North East parliamentary constituency, when BSP candidate Haji Dilshad Ali announced his support for the party (congress).

An announcement in this regard was made at a joint press conference by Mr Jai Prakash Agarwal and AICC Genearl Secretary Oscar Fernandes where Dilshad Ali was also present.

Ali said he has withdrawn from the contest to ensure that the secular votes is not divided.

”We do not want the secular votes to be divided and ensure that the communal parties do not come to power ”Ali said.

Dilshad, who had lost the last assembly election from Babarpur seat by a narrow margin, was seen as a major spoiler for the Congress in North East.

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BSP supremo Mayawati on Sunday targeted the Congress for being “anti-Dalit” and asked the people to teach the party a lesson.

From CBI clean chits to Ottavio Quattrocchi in the Bofors case and Congress leaders Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 riots case, to the black money trail – Maya alleged one Congress minister has crores stashed in Swiss bank accounts – to making political capital out of the three Muslim BSP candidates in the city, the Uttar Pradesh chief minister kept the 15,000-odd crowd glued to every word of her 50-minute speech.

“Baba Saheb Ambedkar had told Dalits not to vote for the Congress even after his death, after a Congress-fielded candidate defeated him in the 1952 Lok Sabha elections with the gross misuse of the government machinery,” Ms. Mayawati told an election rally here and asked the people to avenge the defeat of Dr. Ambedkar.

She alleged that the Congress led by “Nehru and Company” had attempted to block the entry of Dr. Ambedkar in the Samvidhan Sabha of the country through various measures. “These are the facts after knowing which, people from the Dalit community can never forgive the Congress,” she said.

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Electoral prospects of Congress in Delhi got a boost tonight after LJP announced withdrawal of its two candidates, including former deputy speaker of Assembly Shoaib Iqbal, with a commitment to support the Sonia Gandhi-led party.

However, Iqbal who is also sitting MLA from Matia Mahal in the walled city area, made an announcement of the withdrawals at a hurriedly-called press conference at Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit’s residence, a day after he decided to shift from Chandni Chowk Constituency to North-East Delhi seat.

“LJP will not field candidates in Delhi. Party chief Ramvilas Paswan has authorized me to take a decision with regard to Delhi. Our decision will ensure that secular forces are strengthened,” Iqbal said.

Congress on Friday announced the name of Vipin Kumar, son of former MLA and DPCC chief Ram Babu Sharma, for Rohtash Nagar assembly which fell vacant after the demise of his father.

The by-elections in Rohtash Nagar assembly will be held along with the Lok Sabha elections in Delhi on May 7.

Ram Babu Sharma had won from the seat in the November assembly election last year with an impressive margin.

BJP has fielded Divya Jaiswal from the seat.

The Congress on Friday announced that its Delhi unit chief J.P. Aggarwal and Ramesh Kumar would be the new candidates for the Northeast Delhi and South Delhi constituencies, replacing Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar. Ramesh Kumar is Sajjan Kumar’s brother.

Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar had to withdraw their candidatures following the protest by Sikhs against them.

Sandeep Dikshit, sitting MP from the constituency, reached the Geeta Colony office early on Monday morning to submit his documents. He was accompanied by the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president, J P Aggarwal, MLA from Laxmi Nagar A K Walia, MLA from Gandhi Nagar Arvinder Singh Lovely, and his lawyer.

The show of strength was complete. All the heavyweights registered their presence. The grassroots worker also lined up with party banners and flags. The road leading to district commissioner’s office was chock-a-block.

In the 10 Assembly constituencies that fall in East Delhi, eight have sitting Congress MLAs, while two have BJP MLAs. However, in the last election from this constituency, the BSP’s share of the votes was 12.13 per cent. This is expected to rise to at least 15 per cent this time.

Sandeep Dikshit, Congress candidate from East Delhi constituency, possess cash and property valued over Rs 1.5 crore, up from his assets worth Rs 25 lakh in the previous Lok Sabha elections.

The filing of nominations for the Phase-IV of general elections, scheduled for May 7, covering 85 constituencies in seven States and the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi will begin on Saturday with President Pratibha Patil issuing the notification.

The last date for filing of nominations is April 18. On April 20, the papers will be scrutinised and the last date for withdrawal of candidature is April 22.

In Delhi, the by-election for the Rohtas Nagar Assembly constituency, one of the segments under the North-East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency, will also be held on May 7. The by-election has been necessitated following the death of Congress MLA Ram Babu Sharma, on January 26.