07-26-2006, 01:27 AM
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Pioneer.com
Staff Reporter | New Delhi
In what could signal the adverse effects of anti-incumbency and price rise, the Congress candidate lost the by-poll to the Subhash Nagar ward of the MCD. <b>Meera Kanwaria of the BJP beat Seema Luthra of the Congress by a handsome 5,175 votes.</b>
<b>Kanwaria polled a total of 16,271 votes compared to Luthra's 11,096 votes in the by-poll held on July 23</b>, according to State Election Commission officials.
The by-poll was necessitated after the Supreme Court declared null and void the election of Congress councillor Sunita Bharti for producing a fake Scheduled Caste certificate. <!--emo&:o--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ohmy.gif' /><!--endemo-->
The complaint was filed by Kanwaria, a former Delhi Mayor. The Subhash Nagar ward is reserved for Scheduled Caste women. While Bharti beat Kanwaria in the previous election, Luthra was a first timer. Apart from Luthra and Kanwaria, four other candidates were also in the fray.
<b>"Rising prices of essential commodities, long power cuts and shortage of water was the main reason of Congress defeat," said a Congress leader</b>. Interestingly, neither Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit nor her council of ministers were invited to campaign for the Congress candidate in Subhash Nagar.
The defeat of the Congress candidate is a setback for Delhi Congress chief Rambabu Sharma as a candidate of his camp had lost the crucial post in MCD earlier. Predictably Rambabu supporters blamed the loss on Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for her anti-people policies. They also blamed the long power cuts.
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Pioneer.com
Staff Reporter | New Delhi
In what could signal the adverse effects of anti-incumbency and price rise, the Congress candidate lost the by-poll to the Subhash Nagar ward of the MCD. <b>Meera Kanwaria of the BJP beat Seema Luthra of the Congress by a handsome 5,175 votes.</b>
<b>Kanwaria polled a total of 16,271 votes compared to Luthra's 11,096 votes in the by-poll held on July 23</b>, according to State Election Commission officials.
The by-poll was necessitated after the Supreme Court declared null and void the election of Congress councillor Sunita Bharti for producing a fake Scheduled Caste certificate. <!--emo&:o--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ohmy.gif' /><!--endemo-->
The complaint was filed by Kanwaria, a former Delhi Mayor. The Subhash Nagar ward is reserved for Scheduled Caste women. While Bharti beat Kanwaria in the previous election, Luthra was a first timer. Apart from Luthra and Kanwaria, four other candidates were also in the fray.
<b>"Rising prices of essential commodities, long power cuts and shortage of water was the main reason of Congress defeat," said a Congress leader</b>. Interestingly, neither Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit nor her council of ministers were invited to campaign for the Congress candidate in Subhash Nagar.
The defeat of the Congress candidate is a setback for Delhi Congress chief Rambabu Sharma as a candidate of his camp had lost the crucial post in MCD earlier. Predictably Rambabu supporters blamed the loss on Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for her anti-people policies. They also blamed the long power cuts.
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