The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday launched a ‘Human-Chain Banner’ campaign in which banners were put up on all flyovers in Delhi stating, "BJP got MCD elections postponed and ran away fearing defeat."
The move came days after the State Election Commission (SEC) stated that the elections would be held in April 2022 but deferred the announcement of dates. The SEC, in its official statement, had said that the polls have not been delayed but legal opinion would have to be taken in light of the Union Government’s plan to reunify the three municipalities.
AAP senior leader and party’s MCD in-charge Durgesh Pathak said: “Ever since the MCD elections have been deferred, the people are highly disappointed and disheartened. The BJP is afraid of defeat in the election that is why it conspired to defer the elections. Everyone is well aware that the BJP manipulated the Centre and the SEC to make such an announcement out of its fear of losing the MCDs to the AAP, and that, too, by a significant margin.”