Whose game will Mayawati spoil in Delhi, BSP preparing to contest on all 70 seats

In the upcoming assembly elections in Delhi, the Bahujan Samaj Party is preparing to increase the difficulties of AAP and BJP. Bahujan Samaj Party is likely to contest on all 70 seats. The process of selection of candidates has also started for this. The first list of candidates is likely to be released by mid-January. A party official said that the city has been divided into five zones and the process of finalizing candidates is going on in all the zones. The party has said that the Delhi assembly elections to be held in February are both interesting and challenging. A leader said that coordinators have been appointed in each zone to monitor the candidate-selection process. These central coordinators will finalize their recommendations and send them to Behenji (BSP chief Mayawati). The final decision on the candidates will be based on these recommendations. The list of candidates is expected to be finalized by January 15. The BSP contested all 70 seats in Delhi in the 2020 assembly elections but failed to win a single seat, securing 0.71 per cent vote share. The party also contested all 70 seats in the capital in 2015, 2013 and 2008. According to the official, in 2003, it contested 40 seats. The BSP’s vote share was 1.13 per cent in 2015, 5.35 per cent in 2013, 14.05 per cent in 2008 and 5.76 per cent in 2003. The party secured its highest vote share in Delhi in 2008 and won two seats. Currently, small-scale meetings are being organised at the grassroots level where key issues and agendas are discussed and candidates will be selected based on these discussions, the BSP official said. The elections for the 70-member Delhi Assembly are likely to be a direct contest between the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which has been in power in the capital since 2015, and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).