AAP, BJP intensify campaign to win votes of slum residents

AAP claims BJP will "demolish all slums", while BJP, dismissing the allegation, alleged that since it came to power in the Capital, AAP has only "incited people"

- Paras Singh

NEW DELHI: With three weeks to go for the Delhi Assembly elections, the battle to win over residents of slums - a critical vote bank in the Capital - intensified on Sunday, with both the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) attempting to woo over electors.

The AAP claimed that the BJP will "demolish all slums in Delhi" if it is voted to power in the Capital. The BJP dismissed the allegation, and alleged that since it came to power in the Capital over a decade ago, the AAP has only "incited people" and has not "improved their lives".

Estimates suggest that a tenth of Delhi's voters - 1.5 million people - live in slum clusters, and these electors constitute a major chunk in constituencies such as Narela, Adarsh Nagar, Wazirpur, Model Town, Rajendra Nagar, Sangam Vihar, Badarpur, Tughlakabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Seemapuri, Babarppur, Trilokpuri, Kondli, Okhla, Moti Nagar, Madipur, Shalimar Bagh, Matiala and Kirari.