Thousands of voters in New Delhi cast their ballots in a state legislature election, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) challenging the incumbent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). The AAP, led by Arvind Kejriwal, faces accusations of corruption but has enjoyed strong support based on its welfare policies. The election is seen as a crucial test for both parties ahead of national elections later this year.
Thousands are voting in the Indian capital’s state legislature election, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi ’s Hindu nationalist party trying to unseat a powerful regional group that has ruled New Delhi for over a decadePeople stand in a queue to cast their votes for the capital’s state legislature election at a polling booth in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025.
Modi and Kejriwal have both campaigned vigorously in roadshows with thousands of supporters tailing them. They have offered to revamp government schools and provide free health services and electricity, and a monthly stipend of over 2,000 rupees to poor women. Arati Jerath, a political commentator, predicted a tight contest between the two parties, saying, "Even since the AAP rose to prominence, it has been a one-sided contest."
Opposition parties widely condemned Kejriwal’s arrest, accusing Modi’s government of misusing federal investigation agencies to harass and weaken political opponents, and pointed to several raids, arrests and corruption investigations of key opposition figures in the months before the national election.
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