Delhi Assembly Polls: Rahul Gandhi to lead walks as Congress seeks to regain lost ground

The walks volition beryllium held successful constituencies that the enactment considers important for its revival successful Delhi.

According to sources, portion discussions are inactive on, the New Delhi constituency, wherever erstwhile main curate Arvind Kejriwal is warring erstwhile MP Sandeep Dikshit, the lad of precocious CM Sheila Dikshit, volition marque the list. Another constituency that is said to beryllium finalised is North West Delhi’s Badli, wherever Delhi Congress main Devender Yadav is successful the fray. Constituencies that are presently nether information see Kasturba Nagar and Kalkaji.

“The absorption is going to beryllium connected JJ clusters and economically susceptible areas. Gandhi volition interact with residents to recognize their challenges,” sources said. The interactions volition beryllium showcased connected societal media platforms.

Party insiders person confirmed that Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra mightiness besides articulation her brother. “The motive is not conscionable to fortify the engagement of our candidates with the radical but besides to item the failures of AAP astatine the crushed level. Congress is acceptable to instrumentality connected the ruling enactment head-on… these walks volition beryllium successful summation to the predetermination rallies that Gandhi is going to address,” said a elder Congress leader.

Congress is besides readying to enactment successful elder leaders, including Sachin Pilot; and Haryana leaders to run successful constituencies that borderline Haryana.

Areas specified arsenic Mundka with agriculture successful focus, arsenic good arsenic Muslim-majority regions successful northeast Delhi are besides expected to beryllium connected the list.

The Congress, which erstwhile held sway successful Delhi nether the enactment of Sheila Dikshit, has been struggling to reclaim its presumption since AAP’s emergence successful 2013. Even arsenic the 2 parties are members of the INDIA bloc to enactment a agreed beforehand against the BJP astatine the nationalist level, the Congress has mostly been focusing connected the failures of the incumbent AAP successful the Capital.

Gandhi had launched the Congress’s run successful the Capital little than a week ago, and addressed a assemblage astatine the “Jai Bhim-Jai Samvidhan” nationalist gathering successful Northeast Delhi’s Seelampur. At the event, helium drew parallels betwixt Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Kejriwal. “When Kejriwal came to power, helium said he’d cleanable Delhi, crook it into Paris, and region corruption. Now, you archer maine — has corruption decreased?… What did Modi and Kejriwal say? That they volition guarantee inflation reduces. Has ostentation reduced? Has Modi said thing astir these affluent radical controlling the country? Has Kejriwal ever spoken against them?” helium had asked those who had gathered.

A time aft addressing the Seelampur voters, connected January 14, Gandhi besides enactment retired a video questioning the AAP main connected his promises of “making Delhi arsenic beauteous arsenic Paris, London” connected his societal media accounts.