Delhi election: Atishi misses time to file nomination, will submit papers tomorrow

Accompanied by senior party leader Manish Sisodia, the chief minister held a roadshow after paying obeisance at a gurudwara in Giri Nagar.

Delhi Chief Minister Atishi could not file her nomination from the Kalkaji Assembly constituency on Monday, an AAP leader told PTI.

Accompanied by senior party leader Manish Sisodia, the chief minister held a roadshow after paying obeisance at a gurudwara in Giri Nagar and then proceeded towards the office of the district election officer to file her nomination.

However, as the roadshow got her delayed, she went to the Election Commission office to join AAP leaders, including Arvind Kejriwal, for a meeting with officials at 3 pm without filing the nomination papers.

Nominations for the assembly elections can be filed every day until 3 pm. Atishi is now scheduled to file her papers on Tuesday.

With an eye on winning maximum seats, the AAP has fielded key candidates from prominent seats while keeping caste equations in mind. The party has so far declared the names of 59 candidates who will contest the elections to the 70-member Assembly.

The EC on Monday accepted the party's request for a vote transfer of the party's Patparganj candidate Avadh Ojha.

The development comes after a delegation of AAP leaders, including Delhi CM Atishi, party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and party MP Sanjay Singh met top EC officials at the Election Commission of India. After the meeting, Kejriwal said that the poll panel had accepted his party's demand.