As Delhi gears up for its upcoming Assembly elections, the political rhetoric between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has intensified, with both parties engaging in sharp exchanges.
As the battle for Delhi Assembly polls seat heats up, Congress candidate Alka Lamba on Thursday launched a scathing attack on AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal and Delhi Chief Minister and AAP candidate Atishi, claiming they are losing the elections.
Congress candidate from the Kalkaji Assembly constituency, Alka Lamba, on Wednesday criticized BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri over his purported derogatory remarks and asserted that the people of Kalkaji would not support such statements.
He said that as per his calculations, AAP is likely to spend nearly five crores in cash in the New Delhi assembly constituency alone on paid employees while the expenditure will reach Rs 300 crore for the entire Delhi.
She said that Congress has worked towards women's issues and has always given priority to them, especially in states where they have been elected to power.
She said that people have witnessed the governance for a decade and they have compared the works done under former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and others who followed. People will vote for Congress this time, Lamba added.
Lamba, who has been fielded against CM Atishi from Kalkaji constituency, pointed out that the said amount was spent on items like carpets, curtains, luxurious toilets, and even a swimming pool.
The tussle between the ruling Aam Aadmi Party and Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of Delhi assembly polls continued on Thursday with Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan accusing the AAP government of denying the benefits of central schemes to the farmers of the national capital and
This follows the Delhi government's Women and Child Development (WCD) department issuing a clarification regarding the 'Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojana' announced by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ahead of the 2025 assembly elections. The department stated that no such scheme has been offici