NEW DELHI: Congress is in a direct fight with BJP on 45-50 seats out of the 70 Assembly seats in Delhi, while AAP could emerge as the main rival in around nine constituencies, former MP and Congress candidate from New Delhi seat Sandeep Dikshit said on Sunday.
“AAP is battling anti-incumbency and by their own assessment they are losing at least 32 seats on which they wanted to replace their MLAs,” Dikshit said.
He said the biggest warning sign for AAP is that this anti-incumbency is not just against the local MLAs but also against the face of the party – Arvind Kejriwal.
Dikshit, son of three-time Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit, said “AAP is starting on the back foot on 35-40 assembly seats even before the announcement of elections, so you can imagine to which level their tally may fall to when actual voting takes place.”
Talking about the possibility of facing Kejriwal in the Assembly elections, Dikshit said it will be a good contest that shall give him an opportunity to question the former CM on his lack of contribution to the constituency.
“I will present my report card as a former MP who has worked in the city for 10 years and question his performance,” he said, expecting a high percentage of voting in the constituency.
Reflecting on the debate on the Constitution in Parliament over the past two days, Dikshit said the govt used attention diverting tactics by recounting failures of other parties rather than celebrating 75 years of the statute.
He slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for talking little about the Constitution and focusing more on the performance of previous Congress-led govts during the debate in Parliament.
Modi on Saturday tore into the Gandhi family and Congress for repeatedly amending the Constitution, alleging that once they “tasted blood” they wanted to do it again and again.
