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NATION DECCAN CHRONICLE | SUNDAY | 9 FEBRUARY 2020 | HYDERABAD pg 8 LAMBA GETS INTO SHORT TAKES On duty TUSSLE WITH DELHI VOTES AAP WORKER AMID TIGHT DC CORRESPONDENT SECURITY NEW DELHI, FEB. 08 A fight broke out New Delhi, Feb. 8: The between Congress’s polling for the 70-member Chandni Chowk candi- Delhi Assembly got underway date Alka Lamba and an on Saturday morning, an elec- AAP worker outside a tion that saw the ruling AAP, polling booth in north opposition BJP and the Delhi’s Majnu Ka Tilla Congress engaged in a bitterly area on Saturday, a pur- fought high-octane campaign. ported video of which Over 1.47 crore people are eli- has gone viral. gible to exercise their fran- The video shows chise in the polls that will Lamba arguing with the decide the fate of 672 candi- AAP worker. She can be dates. The polling began at 8 then seen trying to slap am, an official said. the man, but misses. Ms Security forces kept a tight Lamba alleged that the watch across the 70 con- man used “very foul” stituencies, with police and and objectional lan- paramilitary personnel keep- guage against her. The ing an “extra vigil” in sensi- Chandni Chowk MLA tive areas like Shaheen Bagh, was outside one of the Jamia Nagar and Seelampuri. polling booths in her There were over 81 lakh male constituency. voters, 66.80 lakh female vot- A man who reportedly ers, and 869 third-gender vot- belongs to AAP is heard ers, Delhi CEO Ranbir Singh shouting at Ms Lamba, has said. Around 2.33 lakh vot- who suddenly lunges ers are in the age group of 18- with her right hand 19, 2.04 lakh voters are senior raised high to slap him. citizens aged 80, while there The man moves back are 11,608 service voters, and Ms Lamba misses according to officials. her target. Within seconds, the man is escorted away by a ring of policemen. “As POLICE soon as I came out of the polling booth, I saw the CONDUCT son of an AAP candidate arguing with the police over entering the booth. FLAG MARCH At that moment, an AAP worker, Harmesh, used New Delhi, Feb. 8: Delhi Para-military jawans stand guard at a polling station during the Delhi Assembly elections in Jafrabad area of Delhi on Saturday. —PTI abusive language aga- Police and paramilitary per- inst me,” said Lamba. sonnel conducted flag marches in sensitive areas in northeast and east Delhi during polling Taapsee slams troll on Saturday, officials said. Elaborate arrangements were made to ensure smooth con- Protesters vote in batches duct of the Delhi assembly for ‘non-Delhite’ jibe elections, they said. “The personnel, including Shaheen Bagh women wanted the anti-CAA agitation to remain unaffected senior officers, conducted flag DC CORRESPONDENT marches in sensitive areas. BHASKAR HARI ical scenario which has the basic essence of NEW DELHI, FEB. 8 They also conducted SHARMA I DC hit a new low,” said Babashahab’s Cons- patrolling on motorcycles. NEW DELHI, FEB. 8 Huzefa a first-time voter. titution.” Bollywood actor Taapsee PCR and quick response teams “We started our day Amzad Qureshi, who Pannu on Saturday blasted have also been deployed at sen- On a sit-in for nearly two knowing that it will be of returned to the protest a social media user who tar- sitive areas” Joint months against the double importance for us. site after voting, said, “I geted her for casting vote in Commissioner of Police Citizenship Amendment There were some elders stayed at home to let the Delhi Assembly elections (Eastern Range) Alok Kumar Act (CAA), women pro- who were in a dilemma women in the house go even after shifting to said. testers at Shaheen Bagh whether to vote or not but out and vote. Now I have Mumbai for work. Flag marches were conduct- voted in batches on we urged them to come joined them at Shaheen Taapsee, who is looking ed in Brij Puri, Kalyanpuri, Saturday amid heavy out as it is crucial for our Bagh I voted to secure forward to the release of Trilokpuri, Seemapuri, security so that the agita- democracy hence, every democracy. Our agitation her film Thappad, posted a Khajuri Khass, Jaffrabad, tion remains unaffected. one here is voting,” she was about a human issue picture with her family on Mustafabad, Krishna Nagar While some of the women said. After casting her but was turned into a Twitter after casting the Taapsee Pannu and her and Mayur Vihar in northeast voted in the morning, vote, Najma said, “I am poll issue to serve selfish vote and urging her fans to family members show their Delhi, Shahdara and other others went in the after- voting for India and its interests”. Waheeda do the same. Protestor show their ink-marked fingers near Shaheen finger marked with indelible east Delhi areas. noon and the remaining Bagh in New Delhi on Saturday Constitution. We are all Khan, another resident of A social media user criti- in the evening. citizens of India and peo- Shaheen Bagh said, “The cised the actor for not get- ink Some voters complained found deleted or incor- and BJP. “Nearly every ple should come out and women here had decided ting her name transferred CLASSICAL about deletion of their rect in the voters list,” political party was trying vote. This election almost a day before voting that to the voting list in Mumbai, she is “more of a Delhite names from the voters said a poll official. to polarize the election by every politician irrespec- some of them would go where she works as an actor. than a lot of others who DANCER VOTES list. “A few voters could Shaheen Bagh, in south- using our name in some tive of their party shifted out for voting in the “Why are people who live in might just be living here but not cast their votes in east Delhi, has a sizeable way or the other but we from the real issues like morning, while others Mumbai deciding for us, it’s probably don't contribute.” Shaheen Bagh under the Muslim population and see everything. We were development, health and will stay back for chores. been quite a long time since “I am living in Delhi as FOR HARMONY Okhla constituency as has turned into a political determined to cast our education to communal- The others will go in the @taapsee shifted to Mum- much if not more than their names were either battlefield between AAP vote after seeing the polit- ism which directly hits afternoon,” she said. bai. She should get her vote Mumbai. My income is New Delhi, Feb. 8: shifted too (sic),” the com- taxed through Delhi... Kin- Bharatanatyam dancer ment read. dly don’t question my citi- Aranyani Bhargav patiently In a lengthy reply, Taapsee zenship, worry about yours waited in a queue for her turn said no one had the right to and your contribution to it,” to vote, occasionally cradling Oldest woman Women decision-makers: question her citizenship as she said in her tweet. her nine-month-old child in a baby carrier strapped to her body. Three generations of the voter inked at 111 Bhargav family were at the Kejriwal riposté to Smriti polling booth at Nirman Bhavan in central Delhi on New Delhi, Feb. 8: Cen- DC CORRESPONDENT ■ ARVIND KEJRIWAL Saturday. tenarian Kalitara NEW DELHI, FEB. 8 ARVIND ENGAGES The Kohl-eyed, 34-year-old Mandal, the oldest voter issued a special appeal artistic director, accompanied in Delhi, on Saturday Delhi Chief Minister to woman voters and IN BITTER WAR OF by her parents Rajeev Bhargav cast her vote and urged Arvind Kejriwal and asked them to discuss and Tani Bhargav, said she has people to take part in the Union minister Smriti with men as to who chosen development over the democratic exercise. Irani traded barbs on WORDS WITH BJP issue of nationalism. Aged 111 years old, she Twitter on Saturday after could be the right “I voted for the development came to a polling station the AAP leader issued a choice DC CORRESPONDENT of Delhi, harmony and peace... in CR Park along with special appeal to woman NEW DELHI, FEB. 8 I am against people pitching her son, grandson and voters and asked them to Kejriwal said in a tweet one community against anoth- other family members. discuss with men as to minutes before polling to Delhi Chief Minister er,” she said. She flashed her inked who could be the right the Delhi Assembly Arvind Kejriwal engaged “I believe in a peaceful, secu- wrinkled finger to pho- Kalitara Mandal choice. Ms. Irani took a began. in a bitter war of words lar and inclusive India. If we tographers after voting. swipe at Mr. Kejriwal, To this, Ms. Irani retort- with BJP on Saturday. He stick only to our own commu- “I am happy to vote in “twice as a refugee” in asking if he does not con- ed, “Don’t you consider alleged that the BJP had nity, it would be very difficult this election. I don’t India along with her sider women capable eno- women so capable that been mocking him ever for someone like who is from remember how many family before finding a ugh to decide for them- they could decide them- since he recited the north India to practise elections I have taken home in the national selves who to vote for. selves who to vote for?” ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ on a Bharatnatyam which is a part in, but as a respon- capital.