'Voting for India', says Shaheen Bagh woman

February 08, 2020 09:49

"I am voting for India and its Constitution. We are citizens of India," said a woman on Saturday while waiting for her turn to vote outside a polling booth, set-up at the Shaheen Public School in the Shaheen Bagh area of South Delhi.

A large queue of voters thronged the polling booth here to exercise their franchise for the Delhi Assembly polls.

Shaheen Bagh area of Delhi had lately gained nationwide attention due to a continued sit-in by people, especially Muslim women against the Citizenship Amendment Act, National Population Register and National Register of Citizens.

All five polling stations in Shaheen Bagh have been declared 'critical' by Delhi's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO).

Aam Aadmi Party's Amanatullah is the sitting MLA and 2020 candidate of the party, he is up against Congress's Parvez Hashmi and Bharatiya Janata Party's Brahm Singh Bidhuri. -- ANI

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