New Delhi, June 23: Actor Sonam Kapoor on Thursday made a unique attraction to citizens in Rajinder Nagar to show out for vote casting in massive numbers because the constituency is going to through-polls Thursday.
Kapoor, who has been selected as a ‘district icon’ through the New Delhi district. Appealed to the general public to forged their votes withinside the through-election thru a video message launched through the ballot authorities.
The through-election is being carried out after AAP chief Raghav Chadha vacated the seat to grow to be a Rajya Sabha member from Punjab. He become elected to the higher residence of the parliament in March.
Direct opposition among AAP and BJP is being visible at the seat wherein the previous has fielded Durgesh Pathak to keep its prevailing streak at the same time as the latter has fronted Rajesh Bhatia as its candidate.
Congress is likewise a contender on this electoral struggle and has fielded Prem Lata.
AAP had received this seat for the closing consecutive meeting elections. Vijender Garg Vijay had received the seat in 2015 and it become retained through the celebration withinside the 2020 meeting polls with Raghav Chadha.
Total of 26 nominations were filed for the Rajinder Nagar meeting seat.
A overall of 1,64,698 citizens are eligible to forged their votes withinside the Rajinder Nagar constituency. According to the Election Commission. Of the whole eligible citizens, 92,221 are male, 72,473 are woman and 4 belong to the 1/3 gender.
The counting of votes will take vicinity on June 26.