Replaced from own seat, BJP’s Mohan Singh Bisht set to win Muslim-dominated Mustafabad

In the run-up to the elections, Mustafabad – which has a 39.5% Muslim colonisation – grabbed the spotlight aft the AIMIM fielded erstwhile Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor and 2020 Delhi riots accused Tahir Hussain from the seat. The AAP had fielded Adeel Ahmad Khan.

Mustafabad successful North East Delhi was 1 of the worst-affected areas during the 2020 riots successful which astatine slightest 53 radical mislaid their lives.

Bisht is seen to beryllium a seasoned successful Delhi’s governmental arena and was archetypal elected arsenic an MLA successful 1998 from Karawal Nagar, a spot helium retained till 2015. However, helium mislaid the spot to Mishra successful 2015, past warring connected an AAP ticket. Five years later, Bisht wrested Karawal Nagar back, defeating the AAP’s Durgesh Pathak.

After being replaced by Mishra, Bisht had termed the BJP’s determination arsenic a “big mistake” adjacent arsenic interior surveys of the BJP suggested that voters of Mustafabad preferred Mishra’s firebrand Hindutva-cum-Purvanchali face.

With Bisht sulking, the BJP nationalist enactment intervened and a time later, announced him arsenic the campaigner from Mustafabad keeping successful caput the important Pahadi population.

“I was the MLA of Karawal Nagar from 1998 to 2008 erstwhile the Mustafabad constituency was formed. People present person travel retired connected the streets successful enactment of maine (after the announcement)… There is besides a batch of enactment from the party… I americium definite that Mustafabad volition beryllium the archetypal spot that the BJP volition win,” Bisht told The Indian Express earlier.

Senior BJP leaders notation to Bisht arsenic “accessible” and person lauded his efforts to dependable section issues portion ensuring implementation of improvement projects and addressing people’s issues..

He courted contention successful 2020 aft a pistillate accused him of starring a mob during the riots and mounting her store connected fire. However, nary charges were filed against him.