Delhi Polls: Within the run-up to the Delhi Meeting elections, a brand new problem cropped up for the Aam Aadmi Celebration and its Patparganj constituency candidate Avadh Ojha’s candidacy. The difficulty with teacher-turned-politician Ojha’s candidacy emerged after it was found that he’s registered as a voter in Uttar Pradesh’s Larger Noida.
For him to keep away from disqualification and stand eligible for the nomination from the Patparganj constituency, the AAP and Ojha want to make sure that his vote is transferred from Larger Noida to Delhi earlier than the deadline to file nomination papers, which is January 17, expires.
Talking on the matter, AAP nationwide convener Arvind Kejriwal on Monday mentioned the celebration has moved the Election Fee of India to avoid wasting Ojha from being disqualified as a contestant because of the delay in shifting his vote from Uttar Pradesh to Delhi. “He filed Type Eight for shifting his vote to Delhi on January 7—which is effectively inside the EC deadline of 10 days earlier than the beginning of submitting of nominations on January 17—however the CEO revised the closing date for accepting such purposes to January 6,” he mentioned.
There appears to be a conspiracy to debar Ojha from submitting his nominations, he mentioned, including that he, together with different AAP leaders, would take up the difficulty with the ECI.
EC’s Lifeline To Ojha
Afterward Monday night, the Election Fee of India (ECI) permitted the switch of AAP chief Awadh Ojha’s identify from the voter rolls in Larger Noida to Delhi, enabling him to file his nomination for Patparganj, confirmed AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal. The event got here after a delegation of AAP, led by Kejriwal, met ECI officers to handle the difficulty. “The excellent news is that Awadh Ojha’s vote will probably be shifted and the fee has issued order to switch his vote, and he’ll be capable to file the nomination,” Kejriwal mentioned.
The Delhi meeting polls will probably be held in a single part on February 5, and the counting of votes will happen on February 8. The final date for submitting nominations is January 17. The date for scrutiny of nominations is January 18. The final date for withdrawal of candidature is January 20. A 3-way contest is on the playing cards in Delhi between the ruling AAP, BJP, and Congress.
After a historic win of 67 out of 70 seats in 2015, AAP dominated the 2020 meeting elections as effectively by successful 62 out of 70 seats whereas the BJP bought eight seats. Congress, which was in energy for 15 consecutive years in Delhi, has suffered setbacks within the final two meeting elections and has didn’t win any seat.
(With company Inputs)
