All set for Rajinder Nagar bypoll, campaigning to gather steam
Hindustan TimesNew Delhi: Campaigning for the June 23 by-election to the Rajinder Nagar assembly constituency is expected to gather steam with the three main contenders filing their nominations on Monday. The Aam Aadmi Party nominee, Durgesh Pathak, is seeking support on the development works carried out by the party’s government in Delhi, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress candidates -- both former municipal councillors from the area -- are betting on the ‘local connect’ and the works done under their tenure in the assembly segment. The Rajinder Nagar seat became vacant after the sitting AAP legislator Raghav Chadha was nominated to the Rajya Sabha from Punjab, after the party’s resounding win in the agrarian state. Deepak Baweja, president, S-Block RWA New Rajinder Nagar, said poor supply of water was the main issue in the area.