Delhi Elections: President, Rahul Gandhi & Atishi cast their votes; 8.10% voting till 9 am

Delhi Elections: Voting for 70 assembly seats in Delhi has started at 7 am. Along with this, long queues are seen at the polling stations and tight security arrangements have also been made. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and many other leaders appealed to the people of Delhi to vote.

Many big leaders including Delhi Chief Minister Atishi, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi, BJP leader Bansuri Swaraj exercised their franchise.

Voting for 70 assembly seats in Delhi

Voting is going on for 70 seats of Delhi Assembly from 7 am on Wednesday. President Draupadi Murmu, Delhi LG VK Saxena, Rahul Gandhi, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Delhi Chief Minister Atishi have cast their votes. 8.10% voting has been done till 9 am.

1.56 crore people will be able to vote in Delhi till 6 pm. About 13 thousand polling stations have been set up for this.

5 parties which were part of INDIA block in the Lok Sabha elections are contesting against each other in Delhi elections. Among them, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress are face to face on all 70 seats.

On the other hand, Communist Party of India (CPI) has fielded its candidates on 6 seats, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) and Communist Party of India-Marxist Leninist (CPI-ML) have fielded their candidates on 2 seats each.

BJP has fielded candidates on 68 assembly seats in Delhi elections

BJP has fielded candidates on 68 seats. Two seats have been given to alliance parties. In this, Janata Dal-United (JDU) has fielded candidates from Burari and Lok Janshakti Party- Ramvilas (LJP-R) from Deoli seat.

In Maharashtra, BJP's ally Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is contesting on 30 seats. Shiv Sena chief and Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde has supported BJP on all seats.

BSP and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) is also taking part in Delhi elections

Apart from this, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is contesting on 70 seats and Asaduddin Owaisi's All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) is contesting on 02 seats. The election results will come on 8 February.

Atishi said - People of Delhi will make the hardworking and honest people win

Atishi said that this is not just an election, it is a religious war. This is a fight between truth and untruth. This is a fight between work and hooliganism.

On one side there are educated, honest people, on the other side there are abusive people. People of Delhi will make the hardworking and honest people win and defeat evil. Delhi Police can do anything. They are openly working for BJP. BJP is scaring voters. Delhi Police does not come to BJP's camps. Election Commission's flying squad also does nothing.

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Delhi Chief Minister and AAP candidate from Kalkaji Atishi casts her vote.

President Murmu casts her vote

President Draupadi Murmu casts her vote in Dr. Rajendra Prasad Kendriya Vidyalaya.

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Navy Chief casts vote in Delhi

Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi casts his vote in Delhi's Kamaraj Lane. He also wrote a comment in the polling booth.

Bansuri Swaraj said- Lotus will bloom in Delhi on 8th February

BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj said that today is the festival of democracy in Delhi. I appeal to all the voters of Delhi to definitely exercise their democratic right i.e. the right to vote, so that Delhi can become a developed capital. Lotus will bloom in Delhi on the 8th. Bansuri also said that misrule has been prevailing in Delhi for a long time. All the systems like roads, water, electricity, drainage have collapsed. To change this, the god-like voters must exercise their right to vote.