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New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President of Delhi Virendraa Sachdeva on Wednesday hit back at AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, saying that Kejriwal’s party “has not only looted Delhi but ruined the character of it.”
Earlier in the day, AAP alleged that the BJP has been distributing money and coercing voters in various assembly constituencies.
“This is the character of Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party, which apart from looting Delhi, has also corrupted the character of Delhi. Despair and desperation are clearly visible on Saurabh Bhardwaj’s face. This was not the case in the last two elections. Your hooliganism is being caught, your liquor is being caught, your money is being held. If your fake votes are being caught, then this scuffle of yours is natural,” Sachdev told reporters.
The Delhi BJP president further urged the people of Delhi to bring in the “double engine” government for a better future.
“I appeal to the people of Delhi to vote in large numbers for a better Delhi and a double engine government,” Sachdeva added.
Earlier, AAP raised concerns over voter coercion at the Sainik Vihar polling station in Shakur Basti, claiming that a police officer had forced a voter to support a particular party.
AAP’s post read, “Amit Shah’s Delhi Police is trying to hijack the elections. People themselves are telling how Delhi Police is forcibly making people vote in favour of BJP at Sainik Vihar polling station, Shakur Basti. The people of Delhi are watching everything and are responding to the conspiracies of BJP by voting in large numbers.”
The allegations were subsequently refuted by the District Election Office (DEO) of North Delhi.
Voter turnout of 57.7 per cent was registered in the national capital as of 5 PM, according to the Election Commission. New Delhi, where AAP candidate Arvind Kejriwal is contesting, registered a voter turnout of 54.27 per cent.
