Delhi Assembly election: President Murmu, Jaishankar, Rahul Gandhi, CM Atishi among early voters
The Hindu
Prominent leaders, including President Droupadi Murmu and Rahul Gandhi, cast their votes as Delhi Assembly elections begin.
President Droupadi Murmu, Union ministers S. Jaishankar and Hardeep Singh Puri, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Atishi, were among the early voters as polling began for the Delhi Assembly elections on Wednesday (February 5, 2025).
Other prominent leaders who came out to cast their vote were Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, AAP leader and former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva, Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora, and Delhi Chief Electoral Officer R. Alice Vaz.
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AAP's Greater Kailash candidate Saurabh Bharadwaj, BJP's Karawal Nagar candidate Kapil Mishra, Congress' New Delhi candidate Sandeep Dikshit, and Kalkaji candidate Alka Lamba also exercised their franchise soon after voting began at 7 a.m.
LG Saxena said after casting his vote, "It is a festival of democracy. I appeal to all Delhiites to participate in this festival. Today is a day of duty, not a holiday."
Mr. Jaishankar said, "I have always been an early voter, a Delhi voter. The people are in a mood of change."
Delhi CM and AAP's candidate from Kalkaji, Ms. Atishi, offered prayers at the Kalkaji temple ahead of casting her vote.
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