WEST DELHI IN LIMELIGHT AS MAHABAL SET FOR LS BATTLE

Both candidates have been in politics for decades. Mishra has been a three-time legislator, while Kamaljeet Sehrawat has been former Mayor of Delhi.

- RAHUL CHHABRA

The delimitation exercise before the 2009 parliamentary elections created the current-day West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency, which is now in news not just for its key contestants, but also because two-time sitting BJP MP from the seat, Parvesh Varma, has been dropped by the saffron party.

Considered a seat where Jat voters have always played a key role, West Delhi’s 24.88 lakh voters have to pick one of the two top contestants—BJP’s Kamaljeet Sehrawat and I.N.D.I Alliance’s common candidate and AAP leader Mahabal Mishra.

Both candidates have been in politics for decades. Mishra has been a three-time legislator while Sehrawat has been former Mayor of Delhi. While voting on 25 May, the BJP would want women voters—across the political spectrum—to back Sehrawat, while the AAP-Congress coalition would want to benefit from their joint effort.