MCD polls: BJP to hold 14 roadshows across Delhi today; JP Nadda, Jairam Thakur to lead among others

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NEW DELHI: With elections for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) around the corner, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday will hold 14 roadshows across the national capital. Each of these 14 roadshows will be led by 14 big leaders of the party in 14 different districts of Delhi on Sunday. The leaders who will lead these power-packed roadshows included BJP president JP Nadda, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar, Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta, Uttar Pradesh BJP President Bhupender Chaudhary and Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami.

Further, Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Meenakshi Lekhi, Jitender Singh, Hardeep Puri, and Gajender Singh Shekhawat will also lead these roadshows.

Further party MPs Ramesh Bidhuri, Gautam Gambhir, Manoj Tiwari, BJP National Spokesperson Sambit Patra, and Dinesh Lal Yadav will participate in Sunday`s roadshow.

According to BJP sources, the roadshows will be held from 4 to 6 pm in the evening. BJP is focusing on the region-wise dedicated leaders to gain more and more votes in favour.MCD election will be held on 4 December and results will be announced on 7 December for 250 seats.

The elections for the 250-ward Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will be held on December 4 while the counting of votes will be done on December 7.

There are 250 valid candidates each from BJP and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). As per information, three nominations of Congress were cancelled in MCD elections, Congress will contest only 247 seats.

The polls to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi on December 4 are shaping up to be a two-way contest between the BJP, which currently holds the civic reins in the national capital, and the AAP, which is in power in the state.