Triangular contest in Delhi political parties gear up for assemb (Delhi)

Triangular contest in Delhi political parties gear up for assemb

As the session of the current Kejriwal government expires on February 22 election campaign by the major political parties for the upcoming Delhi assembly elections is in full swing. The Aam Aadmi Party which is the ruling party has hired Prashant Kishore s Indian Political Action Committee (IPAC) to manage its election campaign. Few days back Chief Minister and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal announced that I-PAC has come on board with the party. Delhi is set for a triangular electoral contest that will see three parties the ruling AAP the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress fighting it out. While both the BJP and the Congress party do not have strong contenders for the chief ministerial post Arvind Kejriwal is looking for a third consecutive term as CM. On Thursday the election commission held a review meeting to review the preparedness ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections 2020. In the meeting Delhi CEO Ranbir Singh gave the status with regard to the electoral rolls manpower availability EVMs & VVPATs and training of all the election officials. Ways to increase the number of voter turnouts in the Delhi Assembly polls were also discussed in the meeting.