Delhi poll campaign in pics: Atishi, Bharti and Alka file nominations; AAP alleges Congress-BJP 'jugalbandi'

Chief Minister Atishi filed her nomination for the upcoming Delhi assembly polls from Kalkaji constituency on Tuesday. She filed her nomination papers at the district magistrate's (DM) office in Lajpat Nagar.
Atishi was supposed to file her papers on Monday following a roadshow. However, there was a delay due to the roadshow and she could not make it to the DM's office before the 3 pm deadline, according to an AAP leader.
Atishi is pitted against the BJP's Ramesh Singh Bidhuri and the Congress' Alka Lamba. (Photo credit: PTI)

Congress candidate Alka Lamba on Tuesday filed her nomination from the Kalkaji assembly seat for the Delhi Assembly Polls that will be held on February 5.
In the 2015 elections, Alka Lamba contested on AAP ticket and won from Chandni Chowk constituency by a big margin of more than 24 per cent. However, in 2019, she quit the AAP and joined the Congress but was disqualified by the Delhi Assembly Speaker for violating rules for party change.
In the 2020 assembly polls, Lamba again contested from the same seat on the Congress ticket but lost to AAP's candidate Parlad Singh Sawhney by a big margin of more than 50 per cent. (Photo credit: PTI)

AAP leader Somnath Bharti filed his nominations from Malviya Nagar.
After filing the nomination Bharti said, "This is part of the process. When you participate in an election, you must officially file your nomination. The local people have already expressed their support, saying, "Mr. Somnath, the contract is renewed. There's no need to worry." So, today, I am officially filing my nomination. As always, we have begun this journey from the historic Lakshmi Narayan Temple in Malviya Nagar..." (Photo credit: IANS)

Delhi Police has registered an FIR against a PWD official for carrying election-related material in a government vehicle pertaining to chief minister Atishi, an official said on Tuesday. The officer further said that the FIR has been registered for allegedly violating the Model Code of Conduct.
A complaint was initially filed by the returning officer against Chief Minister Atishi, alleging the use of a government vehicle for political purposes on January 7, he said.
Following a detailed investigation, police registered the FIR against the Public Works Department (PWD) official, south-east divisional executive engineer, for allegedly using a government vehicle for election campaigning.
The case was filed at the Govind Puri police station here. (Photo credit: PTI)

Meanwhile, former Delhi chief minister and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal in a social media post mentioned without naming any party that their leaders openly distribute money, sarees, blankets, gold chains etc, get fake voters registered, yet not even an FIR is registered against them. But an FIR is immediately registered against Atishi, he added.
"The Aam Aadmi Party is fighting against the entire system. This rotten system has to be changed and cleaned together with the people. Both the BJP and the Congress are part of the same rotten system." (Photo credit: PTI)

Earlier in the day, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal said the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls will expose the "jugalbandi" between the Congress and the BJP. Kejriwal said that he spoke just one line about Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and the response is coming from the BJP.
"Look how much trouble the BJP is facing. This Delhi election will perhaps expose the 'jugalbandi' going on behind the scenes between the Congress and the BJP for years," he said in a post on X.
The AAP supremo was referring to BJP IT department head Amit Malviya's post.
"Worry about the country later, save the New Delhi seat for now," Malviya said on X citing Kejriwal's response to Gandhi's attack on him. (Photo credit: PTI)

Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday accused Aam Aadmi Party of spending Rs 4-5 crores on volunteers in each constituency ahead of the upcoming Delhi assembly elections.
Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri slammed Delhi chief minister Atishi for launching a crowd funding campaign to contest elections from the Kalkaji seat and demanded details about how many volunteers does AAP have and how much the party is spending on them. (Photo credit: PTI)