Delhi votes: High-voltage battle between AAP, BJP and Congress in Assembly elections
7 Feb 2015 3:18 AM GMT
Delhi votes: High-voltage battle between AAP, BJP and Congress in Assembly elections
Voting is underway for the 70 seats in the Delhi Assembly elections on Saturday, with Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party giving a tough fight to the BJP. (Photo: PTI)- An elderly couple is helped at a polling station during Assembly elections. (Photo: AP)
- People stand in a queue to have their identities verified before proceeding to cast their votes at a polling station. (Photo: AP)
- A child waits for his father to cast his vote at a polling station in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)
- However, BJP's choice of the chief ministerial candidate in the capital has triggered discontent among the party leaders and rank and file. (Photo: PTI)
- After apologising for leaving voters without an elected government for a year, Kejriwal has appealed for another chance from the voters. (Photo: PTI)
- Less than a year on from his resignation as Chief Minister of Delhi after just 49 days, most polls say Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party is in line to push Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party into second place when results are announced on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)
- Through the election campaign, the Congress has unfortunately been viewed as the other party, with AAP and BJP taking most of the limelight. (Photo: PTI)
- Congress leader Sonia Gandhi was one of the early voters on the election day (Photo: PTI)
- BJP strategy has been countered by the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP which has put up a spirited campaign in a bid to stop the Modi juggernaut that has been on a roll ever since the Lok Sabha election victory in May last year. (Photo: PTI)
- The Congress, which had ruled Delhi for 15 years till December, 2013 has been projected way behind AAP and BJP in pre-poll surveys. (Photo: PTI)
- Nupur Sharma, a newbie from BJP has been pitted against AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal (Photo: PTI)
- Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal gestures as he comes out of a polling station after casting his vote. (Photo: AP)
- BJP's chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi after casting her vote for the assembly elections in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)
- Priyanka Vadra with husband Robert Vadra comes out after casting their votes for Assembly elections in New Delhi.(left) A security woman clicks picture of Priyanka Vadra as she arrives to cast her vote for Assembly elections in New Delhi. (right) (
- Meanwhile, the BJP, which is out of power in Delhi for the last 16 years, made a gamble by bringing former Team Anna member Kiran Bedi into the party and making her its chief ministerial candidate. (Photo: PTI)
- Kejriwal is looking to complete an unlikely comeback and deliver the first major blow to Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)
- President Pranab Mukherjee during a visit to a polling booth at President’s Estate in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)
Voting is underway for the 70 seats in the Delhi Assembly elections on Saturday, with Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party giving a tough fight to the BJP. (Photo: PTI)
Delhi votes: High-voltage battle between AAP, BJP and Congress in Assembly elections
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