Campaigning intensifies as last wk ahead of MCD bypolls begin

With just days left for voting in 12 wards of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, political parties intensified their campaigns on the last Sunday before the November 30 by-elections, employing door-to-door outreach, RWA meetings, bike rallies, and public gatherings.

- Paras Singh

Senior leaders, including chief minister Rekha Gupta, MPs, and ministers Saurabh Bharadwaj and Durgesh Pathak, crisscrossed the wards to woo voters.

The Delhi BJP said its leaders addressed 50 public and corner meetings. CM Gupta held organisational meetings in Ashok Vihar and Dwarka B, addressed RWA representatives in Greater Kailash, and interacted with residents in Vinod Nagar. Party president Virendra Sachdeva said the BJP’s internal assessment showed the party winning 11 of the 12 wards. “A major reason for this is our organizational strength, which has the ability to identify its voters and get them to vote,” he said.