Published 09:19 IST, February 8th 2020

Delhi Elections: Taapsee Pannu reaches hometown as 'Pannu Parivaar' votes; asks a question

Taapsee Pannu took a break from her work and flew to the national capital — New Delhi — to cast her vote for Delhi Assembly Elections on February 8. See pic

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As polling began in national capital, Bollywood actor Taapsee Pannu along with her sister Shagun Pannu stepped out to cast ir votes. Taapsee flew to her hometown — Delhi — on Friday with her mor and shared a selfie captioning: "A short break from work to make sure WE VOTE!", and on Saturday, she shared a selfie with her entire family while she was on her way to vote. 

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Voting for Delhi Elections 2020 begins

national capital Delhi is voting on February 8 to elect a new government after witnessing a blistering campaign from all parties. While BJP is eyeing to form government with its campaign around alleged failures of CM Arvind Kejriwal, ruling Aam Ami Party (AAP) is eyeing a comeback through by beating ir own record of 67 in 2015, and is extolling its work from past 5 years.  Congress is third contender in elections to be contested by 672 candidates in fray for 70 Assembly seats. Over 1.47 crore voters are eligible to exercise ir franchise.  results will be declared on February 11.

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Delhi polling on February 8

In preparation for its 1.47 crore voters - 81.05 lakh male voters and 66.8 lakh female voters -  Election Commission of India (ECI) has set up 13,000 polling stations and deployed 90,000 officials to ensure smooth polling. term of current 70-seat Assembly, where AAP holds an absolute majority, will expire on February 22. results of elections will be declared on February 11.

Delhi polls campaign

Amid nation-wide anti-CAA protests, which began from Assam and gained maximum traction in Delhi, poll campaign by three contending parties  - Congress, BJP and AAP - was intense with 672 candidates in fray.

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While AAP -which has launched mega-campaign roping in poll strategist Prashant Kishor's I-PAC for Arvind Kejriwal's re-election bid spoke on achievements in past five years, BJP took on AAP and Congress for fuelling various protests against amended Citizenship Act (CAA), alleging communal divide among voters. 

BJP has accused Congress and AAP of supporting 'Tukde Tukde' gang. Several inflammatory remarks were me by BJP leers - Yogi ityanath, Anurag Thakur, Parvesh Verma which have been flagged by EC.

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09:19 IST, February 8th 2020