NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, JAN 21
Aam Adhmi Party’s national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal filed his nomination papers from the New Delhi Assembly constituency on Tuesday evening, the last day for filing the poll papers after waiting for over 6 hours in queue.
Kejriwal had to wait at the Jamnagar House for over six hours before filing the nomination.
Holding token number 45, Kejriwal was seen waiting his turn to file his nomination for the New Delhi Assembly seat.
“I am waiting for my turn to file my nomination. My token no is 45. There are many people here to file nomination papers. I am so glad so many people participating in democracy,” Kejriwal said.
Party leaders claimed that 35 candidates with incomplete papers were insisting that they will not allow the Chief Minister to file unless their nominations are filed and saw a “conspiracy”.
According to procedures, while nominations can be filed till 3 p.m., candidates who have collected tokens to file their papers before the stipulated time are allowed to do so whenever their numbers arrive.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said no matter how much the BJP conspires they will not be able to stop Kejriwal from filing his nomination.
Responding to Mr. Bhardwaj’s tweet, Kejriwal said it does not matter as many of them are filing their nominations for the first time.
“Doesn’t matter, many of them are filing for the first time. They are bound to make mistakes. We also made mistakes the first time. We should a hand to hold them. I am enjoying waiting with them. They are all part of my family,” Kejriwal said in a tweet.
Delhi goes to polls on February 8 and counting will take place on February 11. BJP has fielded Sunil Yadav against Kejriwal while Congress has fielded Romesh Sabharwal.
