THE much talked Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections in the national capital are being considered to be a litmus test for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) before the next assembly and parliamentary elections. Riding on 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' which is led by party's senior leader Rahul Gandhi with an aim to unite India, the Congress party hopes to regain its vote share while the BJP is eyeing for a winning momentum to the polls with a win that they hope to ride on anti-incumbency.
As the poll bugle sounded with the Delhi State Election Commission announced dates for civic elections scheduled on December 4, all the three parties the BJP, AAP and the Congress geared up to win the prestigious battle.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced 10 guarantees to make the city garbage-free, clean and beautiful, timely payment of salaries to its employees as well as to end corruption by making building plan processes online among others if the AAP voted to power. The BJP also released the manifesto called the 'Vachan Patra', (pledge letter) and promised houses for slum dwellers, improving the civic amenities, strengthening the civic body, ensuring proper disposal of garbage while, the Congress is leaving no stone unturned to regain trust of the people. AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal has targeted the ruling BJP, saying that sanitation will be the main issue for the election. The AAP keeps blaming people for creating a mess in the city saying that the saffron party has failed on all fronts to improve the basic amenities the civic body entrusted upon. Though as per the past results the trend has never been followed, in civic elections 2017, the people of the city handed over the power of the MCD to the BJP, winning 181 seats out of the total 272, while the AAP has been victorious in 49 wards and the congress came last scoring 31 seats.
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