As many as 25 candidates on Saturday filed their nomination papers on the fourth day of filing of candidature for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections. According to Chief Electoral Office, seven of them are from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). On the other hand, 79 FIRs have been lodged against political parties till January 16. Of these, 33 FIRs are against Aam Aadmi Party, (15) BJP, (20) Congress, (06) BSP, (01) RJD, (01) INlD, (01) Akali Dal (BJP) and (02) unknown.
Abdul Jabbar, a candidate from CPI filed his nominations from Ballimaran constituency. Ashok Kumar Walia of Indian National Congress filed his nomination papers in laxmi Nagar seat. Kanaihya Saah, a candidate of Hindustan Nirman Dal filed his candidature from Bijwasan. Two candidates of AAP, Bhawana Gaur and Ajay Rai filed nominations from Palam Assembly segment.
Swadesh Ohre, a candidate of Atulya Bharat Party, filed nomination from Rajendra Nagar seat, whereas Vishal Sharma an Independent candidate from Tilak Nagar constituency. Two nominations were received from Rithala, Anurag Mishra from Rashtriya Bahujan Hitay Party and Jitender Singh from Asankhya Samaj Party. AAP’s Som Dutt and Madan lal filed their papers from Sadar Bazar constituency. Mahender Yadav, an Independent candidate also filed his nomination from Vikas Puri seat.
Mohommad Ishraque of the AAP and Salahu-din filed their papers from Seelampur. An Independent candidate, Vimal Kumar filed nomination from Badarpur whereas Vijay Kumar Garg of Delhi Janta Party filed his candidature from Mundka. From Karawal Nagar, Kapil Mishra of AAP filed his nomination. An Independent candidate, Rajesh Kumar Drall filed his nomination from Nangloi Jatt with INC’s Sachin filing his papers from Tuglakabad. Sanjay Aggarwal, an Independent candidate filed his nomination from Kalkaji.
Shiv Kumar Tiwari, a candidate of Shiv Sena filed his nomination from New Delhi seat. Wazirpur constituency received nomination from CPI (Ml) Ajay Kumar Singh with Kamendra Kishore Verma of Naya Daur Party filing nomination from Kasturba Nagar. Two Independent candidates, Sahrur from Krishna Nagar seat and Ajay Mudgil from Narela also filed their nominations.
Moreover, under violation of Model Code of Conduct, total of 79 FIRs have been lodged against political parties till January 16. 33 FIRs are against Aam Aadmi Party, (15) BJP, (20) Congress, (06) BSP, (01) RJD, (01) INlD, (01) Akali Dal (BJP) and (02) unknown respectively. As many as 1,331 hoardings removed from public property whereas a total 78 FIRs have been lodged till January 16. Total 31 hoardings (defacements) of private property were removed out of which 5 hoardings were removed on January 16.These in addition to the removal being done by the local bodies.