Sandeep Dikshit on brand Sheila Dikshit, chinks in Cong campaign, and AAP’s freebie ‘syndrome’
The former MP is in a triangular contest against Kejriwal and BJP’s Parvesh Verma.
The New Delhi assembly constituency is witnessing a fierce triangular poll contest. Sandeep Dikshit, former East Delhi MP and son of former chief minister Sheila Dikshit, is the Congress’s candidate against AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and BJP leader Parvesh Verma.
In a conversation with Atul Chaurasia at his home, the Congress leader says that most voters in the constituency remember the development work carried out by Sheila Dikshit. “There is not a single colony which does not cite development carried out by Sheila Dikshit.” But asked about why his party is using Sheila Dikshit’s record to seek votes, he says the campaign is yet to be launched in its full scale.
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