Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has held a number of roadshows across the city.
With only two days left for the Delhi assembly election, all three major parties -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) -- will be giving the final push to the campaign today before the deadline of 6 pm.
BJP top leaders such as Amit Shah, JP Nadda, Smriti Irani, Anurag Thakur and Manoj Tiwari will be holding roadshows, addressing rallies and public meetings across Delhi. Amit Shah will begin the day with a roadshow in Dilshad Garden in North East Delhi. He also has two roadshows in other part of the city -- one in Hari Nagar and the other in Madipur.
'The Great Khali' will also be seen on the road today.
The AAP and the BJP have been hitting out at each other over issues ranging from citizenship law, appeasement politics and unemployment. On Wednesday, AAP leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal invited Mr Shah for a public debate on any issue, saying the people of the national capital wanted to know why should they vote for the BJP in the February 8 assembly polls.
Meanwhile, the Election Commission has banned BJP MP Parvesh Verma from campaigning in Delhi for 24 hours for calling Mr Kejriwal a "terrorist". Last week, he was banned from campaigning for 96 hours for making hate speeches.
Here are the Highlights on last day of campaigning for the Delhi assembly elections:
BJP Is "Fooling" People On Issue Of Unauthorised Colonies: Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that BJP is trying to fool people just like Congress did when it was in power. He said that BJP leaders are talking about Shaheen Bagh and not about the unauthorised colonies of Delhi. Mr Kejriwal alleged that the former BJP chief Amit Shah never mentioned the issue of unauthorised colonies in his political rallies. (PTI)
Delhi Elections 2020: JP Nadda Holds Roadshow In West Delhi's Mundka Constituency TodayBJP President JP Nadda held a roadshow in Mundka Assembly constituency today in New Delhi. He was accompanied by Yogeshwar Dutt and Babita Phogat. He was seen waiving at people from a truck. The voting in all 70 Assembly constituencies will be held on Saturday. The counting of votes is scheduled for February 11. (ANI)
Delhi Assembly Election: No one in BJP worthy of becoming CM of Delhi, Says Arvind Kejriwal
No one in the BJP is worthy of becoming chief minister of Delhi, AAP supremo and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday, the last day of campaigning before the February 8 assembly elections.
People want to know who will be the Bharatiya Janata Party's chief ministerial candidate, Kejriwal told PTI in an interview, and asked what if the party chooses Sambit Patra or Anurag Thakur for the post.
He said the Bharatiya Janata Party had tried to polarise the assembly polls, and asserted that results will show if it succeeded or not. "AAP voters are those who want good education, medical treatment, modern roads, 24-hour electricity," Mr Kejriwal said.
Discussing the anti-CAA protests at Shaheen Bagh, the AAP national convener alleged that the BJP has not cleared the Shaheen Bagh road because of the assembly elections.
19000 Home Guards, 42000 Police Personnel Deployed For Delhi Polls
Elaborate security arrangements have been made for the smooth conduct of Delhi Assembly polls with the deployment of 190 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), reported news agency ANI.
Also, 19,000 Home Guards and 42,000 Delhi Police personnel will be deployed at polling booths.
"We have been putting 190 companies of CAPF who are regularly patrolling to ensure peace and tranquility," said Praveer Ranjan, Special Commissioner (Intelligence), Delhi Police while talking to ANI.
The seven main divisions of CAPF are Assam Rifles, Border Security Force (BSF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), National Security Guards (NSG) and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).
Apart from it, there would be additional staff from PCR traffic and communication in addition to the staff deployed to man the polling booths.