Delhi Assembly polls: Can Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP pull off a hat-trick?
FirstpostDelhi will vote on February 5, with the counting of votes three days later on February 8. The AAP is hoping to return to power for a third term, while its rivals the BJP and the Congress are trying to dislodge Arvind Kejriwal’s party in the National Capital The stage is set for Delhi Assembly elections. In the 2015 Assembly elections, the BJP managed to clinch only three seats and a 32.19 per cent vote share and the Congress drew a blank, with a vote share under 10 per cent. While AAP’s Kalkaji MLA Atishi is the Delhi chief minister, Kejriwal has iterated he is the party’s candidate for the top job in the upcoming elections. Hitting out at AAP, he raised the party’s poll slogan: “AAP-da nahi sahenge, badal ke rahenge.” Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Union Minister Manohar Lal, BJP National General Secretary Dushyant Kumar Gautam, Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva and BJP candidate for Delhi Assembly elections Ramesh Bidhuri during a public meeting, at Rohini, in New Delhi, January 5, 2025.