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‘Don’t be lazy’: Priyanka Gandhi to voters as Delhi chooses next govt
Polling for the Delhi Assembly elections has been slow compared to 2015.
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday exhorted Delhi’s voters to exercise their franchise.
“Everyone should come out and vote. It is extremely important. Don’t be lazy,” she said amid reports of slow voter turnout.
Priyanka accompanied her mother and party president Sonia Gandhi to Nirman Bhawan in New Delhi assembly constituency, where the Congress chief voted.A little later, Priyanka Gandhi arrived with husband Robert Vadra at the Lodhi Estate to cast her vote.
The Congress, which drew a blank in the 2015 assembly elections, faces an uphill task to improve its performance. Priyanka, who campaigned with brother Rahul for party candidates for the Delhi Assembly elections, attacked both the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of being good only at publicity.
She had claimed that it was only the Congress which had developed Delhi and both the AAP and the BJP have nothing worthwhile to show for the national capital.
Her brother and former Congress president Rahul Gandhi cast his vote at a polling booth on Aurangzeb Road.
The Congress is contesting 66 seats and its ally, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) is fighting in four seats. The BJP is contesting 67 seats and have left two seats for the Janata Dal (United) and one seat for the Lok Janashakti Party (LJP).
The AAP is the only party contesting all 70 seats.
