09 May,2024 11:20 AM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will hold roadshows in East and South Delhi Lok Sabha constituencies on May 11 to campaign for AAP candidates, the party said on Thursday, reported news agency PTI.
Delhi will go to polls on May 25 in the sixth and second last phase of the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections. The sixth phase will cover 7 States and Union territories. The counting of votes and declaration of results will be held on June 4.
"He (Bhagwat Mann) will hold roadshows in the two constituencies," a party leader said. CM Mann will seek votes for Kuldeep Kumar and Sahiram Pahalwan, who have been fielded from the East Delhi and the South Delhi constituencies, respectively by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
Delhi holds seven parliamentary constituencies. Under a seat-sharing arrangement between the Congress and the AAP, the former has fielded candidates from three Lok Sabha seats in Delhi while the latter is contesting from the remaining four.
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From the BJP, Harsh Malhotra will be contesting for the East Delhi constituency while Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, the Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly, has been given a poll ticket from the South Delhi seat.
Earlier this week, AAP issued a list of 40 star campaigners for Lok Sabha polls in Delhi and Haryana which featured Sunita Kejriwal, party convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who is in judicial custody, Manish Sisodia and others including CM Bhagwant Mann. Mann has been campaigning across constituencies supporting AAP candidates.
On Tuesday, While addressing a public meeting in support of candidate Jagdeep Singh Kaka Brar, who is contesting the Ferozepur seat, he batted for ending the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) supremacy in Punjab. Drawing reference to the luxury hotel Sukhvilas, built by SAD chief Sukhbir Badal, Mann said, "In the 2022 assembly elections, you defeated stalwarts. This time the fort of Ferozepur also has to be demolished, meaning that the Akali Dal should lose from Ferozepur."
The Ferozepur seat is currently represented by Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, who will not contest this time. The constituency will go to be polls on June 1 in the last phase.
(With inputs from PTI)
