The battle for Delhi is heating up, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) engaged in a daily poster war. While the BJP and the Congress are in the process of finalising candidates for all seats, the AAP, in its final candidate list, denied tickets to 20 MLAs. While the BJP is hoping to make a comeback in Delhi after three decades, the AAP aims to score a hattrick, with the Congress, too, vying to open its account.

The AAP, facing the biggest battle since its inception, is battling 10 years of natural anti-incumbency as its leaders face serious corruption allegations. It has announced a series of freebies that will be implemented if voters back the party. It has also employed a ‘soft Hindutva' strategy to challenge the BJP head-on.

The AAP is out to prove that it is no less a Hindu party than the BJP. In that spirit, it has announced the Pujari Granthi Samman Yojana to give an honorarium to the priests of temples and the 'granthis' of the Gurudwara of ₹18,000 per month. The AAP claims this is the first scheme of its kind in the country, accusing the........

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