AAP, BJP stake all in Delhi as poll din ends

Aditi Tandon

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, February 6

The campaign for the 70-member Delhi Assembly poll concluded this evening.

After the last-minute push by stalwarts of various parties, the outcome of the poll now rests in the hands of Delhi’s 1.46 crore voters who will exercise their franchise on February 8. The result will be out on February 11.

The contest for Delhi has shaped up as a fight between Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP and PM Narendra Modi-led BJP with the Congress almost missing from the scene. Home Minister Amit Shah held two rallies today while Deputy CM Manish Sisodia took out a foot march in the Patparganj segment.

Edit: Battle for Delhi

Congress top brass, including former PM Manmohan Singh, former party president Rahul Gandhi and AICC general secretary Priyanka Vadra, held only four rallies, although AAP and BJP carried out an aggressive campaign. The BJP seeks to end its 21-year-exile with former party chief Amit Shah leading the campaign from the front and the PM doing his bit with two rallies. “One can clearly feel the winds of change in Delhi. The results will shock everyone,” Shah said today, prompting Congress veteran P Chidambaram to tweet: “The Chief Electoral Officer of Delhi should assure us that elections will be free and fair.”

The BJP canvassed on the agenda of anti-CAA protests, making the sit-in at Shaheen Bagh the centre point of debate.