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Purvanchal issue becomes poll flashpoint
Hindustan Times
|January 11, 2025
BJP targets Kejriwal for 'disparaging' remarks on people from UP and Bihar; AAP convener junks charge and claims his opponents have never done anything for the community
The fight for the "Purvanchali" vote in Delhi gathered momentum with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) attacking former Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal for his comments on people from eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar the previous day, and Kejriwal hitting back by claiming that the BJP was getting Purvanchali and Dalit names deleted from electoral rolls on the pretext of getting the names of Rohingya refugees deleted.
Political parties believe that Purvanchalis—they account for about a sixth of Delhi's population—and have the ability to influence the outcome in at least 20 of the UT's 70 assembly seats.
The slugfest began when Kejriwal and Delhi CM Atishi went to the Election Commission on Thursday regarding deletions and additions to the voter list in the New Delhi assembly constituency from where Kejriwal is contesting. "All those, on whose names applications were filed to remove their votes, denied that they never filed any such application. This means there is a big fraud going on. Obviously, they are bringing people from UP (Uttar Pradesh) and Bihar to create fake votes," PTI quoted Kejriwal as saying.
This story is from the January 11, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times.
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