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Rajinder Nagar bypoll: Congress candidate Prem Lata files complaint with EC against AAP nominee

Voting for the Rajinder Nagar bypoll is set to take place on June 23, while the result will be announced on June 26.

TN City Desk

Updated Jun 18, 2022, 21:19 IST

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal during roadshow ahead of Rajinder Nagar bypoll

New Delhi: Ahead of the by-election to the Rajinder Nagar Assembly constituency, Congress candidate Prem Lata on Saturday filed a complaint with the Election Commission of India (ECI) against AAP nominee Durgesh Pathak for "using money power" during campaigning.

In her complaint, the Congress candidate has alleged that Pathak and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal are resorting to "lies, using money power and misusing the official machinery" to "influence" and "mislead" the voters.

"The AAP candidate has been openly violating the Model Code of Conduct as Kejriwal has put the official machinery for his campaigning. Money is being squandered like water, though people are thirsting for drinking water in Rajinder Nagar," she alleged.

Expressing confidence in her win, Lata claimed that the voters are coming out in large numbers in support of her party. She has been carrying out a door-to-door campaign.

"The voters are fed up with the negligence shown by both the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for years. I have complained to the EC about the AAP's unfair tactics to influence the voters with various inducements," she said.

Voting for Rajinder Nagar bypoll on June 23

Voting for the Rajinder Nagar bypoll is set to take place on June 23, while the result will be announced on June 26. The by-election was necessitated after AAP leader Raghav Chadha, who was the MLA from the constituency, was elected to Rajya Sabha from Punjab in March.

A total of 14 candidates have filed their nominations for the bypoll.

Of the candidates in the fray, the AAP, BJP, and Congress have fielded one candidate each while three others are from unrecognised parties. Another eight candidates are contesting the bypoll as Independents.

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