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NEW DELHI, Apr 18: The upcoming electoral battle for seven LoK Sabha seats in Delhi will see the BJP trying to increase its vote share and sweeping Delhi's seven Lok Sabha seats for the third consecutive time.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) contesting the polls in an alliance with the Congress hopes to use the "sympathy wave" for arrested Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to break the saffron party's streak. Delhi will go to polls on May 25.
Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) constituents Congress and AAP are contesting the Lok Sabha elections in an alliance in Delhi, paving the way for a direct contest with the BJP. The AAP has fielded candidates from four seats while the Congress is contesting from three constituencies.
Both the BJP and the AAP-Congress combine have fielded high-profile candidates, setting the stage for a keen contest to gain electoral supremacy.
Virendra Sachdeva, the BJP's Delhi unit chief, has said the challenge for the party this time is to increase the margin of victory.
The Northeast Delhi seat, dominated by Purvanchalis and Muslims, will witness a key battle between two candidates who hail from Bihar. The BJP has fielded Manoj Tiwari, who is eyeing a third term in the Lok Sabha while the Congress' Kanhaiya Kumar will make his electoral debut for the grand old party. Kumar had unsuccessfully contested the 2019 Lok Sabha polls on a CPI ticket from the Begusarai seat in Bihar.
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