{"id":16416,"date":"2017-04-22T00:54:15","date_gmt":"2017-04-22T07:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/?p=16416"},"modified":"2017-04-22T00:54:40","modified_gmt":"2017-04-22T07:54:40","slug":"the-battle-for-delhi-slogans-posters-add-punch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/the-battle-for-delhi-slogans-posters-add-punch\/","title":{"rendered":"The Battle for Delhi: Slogans, Posters Add Punch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal released\u00a0 party manifesto for MCD elections in New Delhi, April 19. (Vijay Verma\/PTI)<\/em><\/p>\n

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@Siliconeer #Siliconeer #IndiaElections #DelhiPolls #MCDPolls #BJP #AAP #CongressPartyofIndia \u2013\u00a0Witty slogans and colourful posters are adding a zing to Delhi\u2019s political atmosphere here ahead of the civic polls, where election campaigning have already raised the stakes high and the decibels higher.<\/p>\n

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With just a few days away from polling, the battle for the MCD is heating up, with big rallies, blaring loudspeakers and verbal volleys, hurled at opponents, adding to the drama.<\/p>\n

All three major parties, the BJP, the Congress and the AAP, are going all-out in the poster wars to woo voters, mixing political attack with a dash of humour.<\/p>\n

\u201cBahane nahin karenge vikas, anubhav hai hamare paas (No excuses, only development; we have the experience),\u201d exclaims one of the slogans, put up by the Delhi Congress in its hoardings and banners across the city.<\/p>\n

The BJP, which has been ruling the MCD for the last 10 years, has come up with a \u201cnai strategy\u201d going with \u201cnew faces\u201d in the polls due on April 23. The party has decided to not field any of its sitting 153 councillors.<\/p>\n

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Delhi BJP President Manoj Tiwari addressing as senior leader Shyam Jaju looks on during a press conference releaseing BJP ”Sankalp Patr” manifesto for MCD elections in New Delhi, April 16. (Vijay Verma\/PTI)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cNai chehre, nai urja, nai udaan, Dilli maangey kamal nishan (New faces, new energy, new heights, Delhi wants lotus symbol),\u201d reads the saffron-suffused banners and posters, put by the party at prominent places in the city.<\/p>\n

The AAP, which has been hogging the news headlines over alleged overspending on government advertisements has played on its \u201chouse tax waiver\u201d poll promise, in its MCD poll campaigning, while dovetailing it with sly political attack on the BJP.<\/p>\n

\u201cDilli ko saaf karne ke liye Kejriwal ko vote deyn (Vote for Kejriwal to clean Delhi),\u201d reads a banner put up by the AAP.<\/p>\n

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been accusing the BJP of \u201cturning the city into a garbage dump\u201d and the campaigns have been designed to target the three corporations.<\/p>\n

\u201cPehle bijli half, phir paani maaf; Ab house tax maaf aur Dilli saaf (First power tariff cut by half, then water bill waived; now house tax waiver and cleaning of Delhi\u201d\u2014screams a big hoarding put up on the wall of a public convenience on the Ring Road in south Delhi.<\/p>\n

JD(U) which is fighting the polls with a little over 100 candidates, is banking high on the Purvanchali community and the prohibition model of Nitish Kumar government.<\/p>\n

\u201cTir badlega Dilli ki tasveer aur takdir (Arrow will change the scenario and fate of Delhi),\u201d says the slogan by the JD(U). Arrow is the symbol of the Nitish Kumar-led party.<\/p>\n

The erstwhile unified Municipal Corporation of Delhi was trifurcated into North, South and East Delhi Municipal Corporations in 2012.<\/p>\n

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Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee President Ajay Maken addressing a press conference after released party manifesto for MCD elections in New Delhi. (Vijay Verma\/PTI)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While the NDMC and SDMC have 104 wards each, EDMC has 64.<\/p>\n

The BJP has been ruling the three civic bodies for the last 10 years.<\/p>\n

Campaigning is in full swing in all parts of Delhi.<\/p>\n

Andrews Ganj\u2019s Congress councillor Abhishek Dutt, who is seeking another term, has been campaigning from unauthorised colonies to posh bungalow zones in south Delhi.<\/p>\n

\u201cPehla vote vishwas ka, dusra vote vikas ka (first vote was for faith, now vote for development),\u201d reads the tagline on his campaign posters.<\/p>\n

The Delhi Congress had launched the slogan\u2014\u201cToot gayi vikas ki dore, vapas chalo Congress ki ore (The rope of development has snapped, let us return to Congress)\u201d\u2014in January for the civic polls, asserting that \u2018development\u2019 would be the party\u2019s core issue.<\/p>\n

Both the BJP and the Congress have fronted their big guns in the poll campaign to shore up their fortunes in the polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal released\u00a0 party manifesto for MCD elections in New Delhi, April 19. (Vijay Verma\/PTI) @Siliconeer #Siliconeer #IndiaElections #DelhiPolls #MCDPolls #BJP #AAP #CongressPartyofIndia \u2013\u00a0Witty slogans and colourful posters are adding a zing to Delhi\u2019s political atmosphere here ahead of the civic polls, where election campaigning have already raised the stakes high and…<\/p>\n

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