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South Delhi witnesses verbal duel between distant cousins
New Delhi, May 03: Distant cousins, the two are political rivals in South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency. But setting aside kinship, BJP`s sitting MP V K Malhotra and R K Anand of Congress are embroiled in a no-holds barred verbal duel, singling out each other`s `outsider` status.
New Delhi, May 03: Distant cousins, the two are political rivals in South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency. But setting aside kinship, BJP's sitting MP V K Malhotra and R K
Anand of Congress are embroiled in a no-holds barred verbal duel, singling out each other's "outsider" status.
BJP has won from the constituency in the last three elections. This time, Malhotra is locking horns with Anand, a noted lawyer but political newcomer.
The two cousins have entered a verbal duel, terming each other the "outsider" and claiming to be more aware of the problems of the people of the constituency than the other.
While Malhotra has attacked Anand, who is a Rajya Sabha MP from Jharkhand, as being a non-Delhiite on account of being a bonafide resident of the eastern state, Anand has retorted by reminding that he lived in South Delhi unlike his BJP rival who has two houses, both outside the constituency that goes to polls on May 10. The former BJP spokesman said "Anand is not serious about elections. And Congress also knows that it can't win from south delhi. That is why, a Rajya Sabha MP with two years of his term remaining has been fielded from the constituency."
Anand has in reply called Malhotra the "outsider" because of his living in West Delhi and "disappearing" after the last elections. "I have the support of the RWAs, who are angry with Malhotra for not showing his face to them even once in the last five years," he claimed.
Bureau Report
The two cousins have entered a verbal duel, terming each other the "outsider" and claiming to be more aware of the problems of the people of the constituency than the other.
While Malhotra has attacked Anand, who is a Rajya Sabha MP from Jharkhand, as being a non-Delhiite on account of being a bonafide resident of the eastern state, Anand has retorted by reminding that he lived in South Delhi unlike his BJP rival who has two houses, both outside the constituency that goes to polls on May 10. The former BJP spokesman said "Anand is not serious about elections. And Congress also knows that it can't win from south delhi. That is why, a Rajya Sabha MP with two years of his term remaining has been fielded from the constituency."
Anand has in reply called Malhotra the "outsider" because of his living in West Delhi and "disappearing" after the last elections. "I have the support of the RWAs, who are angry with Malhotra for not showing his face to them even once in the last five years," he claimed.
Bureau Report