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Delhi election LIVE updates : TV exits polls predicted the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will return to power in Delhi after elections ended on Saturday with more than 55 per cent turnout. If AAP retains power, it will be the third straight electoral setback for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which lost power in Jharkhand and Maharashtra last year. The BJP last formed a government in Delhi in 1998 and its campaign was marked by controversial speeches. Junior finance minister Anurag Thakur was barred from campaigning by the Election Commission after he exhorted crowds to shoot so-called traitors to the nation, alluding to those protesting the Citizenship Amendment Act. The city saw at least three shooting attacks near the protest site ahead of the poll. The Congress, India’s main Opposition party, relied on the influence of a set of high-profile candidates and the legacy of its leader Sheila Dikshit, who governed the city for 15 years before being voted out in 2013. Delhi electio...

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) must name its contender for Delhi's main pastor by Wednesday 1 pm for a discussion on the races, said the city state's pioneer Arvind Kejriwal as he discharged his Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) declaration. "Delhiites need BJP to proclaim its CM applicant—I am prepared for banter (with the competitor)," said Chief Minister Kejriwal "AAP's vision is to empower each regular man to live with poise and success," he said three days before Delhi holds decisions. Discharged by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia as a "28-point ensure card", guaranteed quality training, medicinal services, clean water, and continuous power. The AAP vowed to increase its determination for the section of Delhi Jan Lokpal Bill. Neatness of the city and Yamuna stream, ladies wellbeing are among different guarantees of the gathering. Read More

Campaigning for the Delhi Assembly elections has intensified with the date of polling inching closer. Today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a rally in Dwarka, while Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will release its manifesto. The campaign on Monday had leaders of the BJP, the AAP and the Congress launching a no-holds-barred attack on rivals on issues like anti-CAA protest at Shaheen Bagh and performance of the Kejriwal government. Modi slammed the anti-CAA agitators in Shaheen Bagh and other areas saying the protest against the new citizenship law was an "experiment" and there was a design of politics behind it, which would ruin the national harmony. Addressing an election rally at Karkardooma in east Delhi, Modi said the spurt in protests in areas like Shaheen Bagh, Seelampur and Jamia were not just co-incidences. "Attention is being diverted from the real conspiracy," the Prime Minister said. Campaigning for the polls will conclud...