"Winnability matters more than numbers": Chirag Paswan eyes seats for Delhi assembly polls

Patna (Bihar) [India], January 14 (ANI): As the 2025 Delhi assembly election dates nears, Union Minister Chirag Paswan on Tuesday cleared his party's intentions to contest the polls. He said that Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) will contest on seats that will help strengthen the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Nationalist Democratic Alliance (NDA).
"Lok Janshakti Party's (Ram Vilas) policy is to strengthen the (NDA) alliance and to contest elections on only those seats where victory will strengthen the alliance (NDA). Like Jharkhand, in Delhi elections also winnability will matter more than the numbers. We will contest only those seats where the candidates of LJP (Ram Vilas) have a stronghold. We will not compromise with our strike rate by contesting additional seats. We will contest on seats which would allow us to win," Paswan told reporters.
He further accused Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal of "insulting" people from eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, saying that Delhi will vote while keeping this in mind and BJP-led NDA will form the government.
"Jis tarah dilli ke log trahi trahi kar rahe hai...Kejriwal aur AAP ke jhoothe vaadon se (The people of Delhi are calling for mercy against the false promises made by AAP and Kejriwal), especially people from Bihar and eastern UP (Purvanchal)...Kejriwal has insulted the people of Bihar by calling them 'fake'. Just to win elections, he has labelled people from UP and Bihar as 'fake' (voters). Delhi will vote while keeping this in mind and BJP-led NDA will form the government," Paswan said.
The Delhi assembly polls will be held in a single phase on February 5 and the counting of votes will take place on February 8.
The last date for filing nominations is January 17. The date for scrutiny of nominations is January 18. While last date for withdrawal of candidature is January 20.
AAP dominated the 2020 assembly elections by winning 62 out of 70 seats while the BJP got only eight seats. The Congress party, which was in power for 15 consecutive years in Delhi, had suffered setbacks in the last two assembly elections and has failed to win any seat. (ANI)