<p>I will dedicate my victory to my late husband,” said BJP candidate from Trilokpuri Kiran Vaidya, whose husband once used to be at the helm in the seat and was also in the firing line of rivals for allegedly fuelling the communal flare-up in October last year.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“Had he been alive, my husband would have won from this seat,” said Vaidya, 40, as she filed nomination from her husband Sunil Vaidya’s constituency, a reserved seat, on Wednesday.<br /><br />Before going to the nomination centre in east Delhi’s Shastri Nagar, Vaidya visited a Valmiki Temple in pocket 17 in Trilokpuri. “I am heading to the temple, to take blessing from the God,” she told Deccan Herald around 9.30 am.<br /><br />Vaidya, who shares her first name with the BJP’s chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi, looked confident while entering the nomination centre but she had a melancholic expression on her face.<br /><br />Kiran was accompanied by her father, brother-in-law, nephew, among supporters.Supporters were heard raising slogans like “Jeetegi bhai jeetegi, Kiran didi jeetegi” (Kiran Vaidya will surely win) and “Sunil bhai aap humare saath hai” (Sunil Vaidya you are with us).<br /><br />“Sunil bhai has done so much work in the area (Trilokpuri), that people will vote for Kiran ji,” said a supporter.<br /><br />When Vaidya was coming out of the nomination centre, she bumped into BJP’s chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi, who was accompanied by Union Minister Harsh Vardhan, Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Goel. Both women candidates greeted each other.<br /><br />Vinod Kumar Binny also filed his nomination papers from Patparganj constituency at the same centre.<br /><br />Vaidya, a mother of two, is banking on the work done by her husband in Trilokpuri. “Public of Trilokpuri loved my husband and my husband in turn, had worked day and night for the development of the area,” she said. “I am sure people will vote for me,” she added.<br /><br />When asked about Trilokpuri riots, supporters of Vaidya said, “Sunil ji had nothing to do with it. He was given a clean chit by police.”<br /><br />Vadiya is contesting Delhi Assembly elections from Trilokpuri constituency against the last Aam Aadmi Party’s MLA Raju Dhingan and Congress’ Bramh Pal.<br /><br />On December 17, 2014, former BJP MLA from Trilokpuri Sunil Vaidya passed away after suffering brain haemorrhage. He had fallen unconscious at an election campaign meeting in Trilokpuri and was admitted to a hospital.</p>
<p>I will dedicate my victory to my late husband,” said BJP candidate from Trilokpuri Kiran Vaidya, whose husband once used to be at the helm in the seat and was also in the firing line of rivals for allegedly fuelling the communal flare-up in October last year.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“Had he been alive, my husband would have won from this seat,” said Vaidya, 40, as she filed nomination from her husband Sunil Vaidya’s constituency, a reserved seat, on Wednesday.<br /><br />Before going to the nomination centre in east Delhi’s Shastri Nagar, Vaidya visited a Valmiki Temple in pocket 17 in Trilokpuri. “I am heading to the temple, to take blessing from the God,” she told Deccan Herald around 9.30 am.<br /><br />Vaidya, who shares her first name with the BJP’s chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi, looked confident while entering the nomination centre but she had a melancholic expression on her face.<br /><br />Kiran was accompanied by her father, brother-in-law, nephew, among supporters.Supporters were heard raising slogans like “Jeetegi bhai jeetegi, Kiran didi jeetegi” (Kiran Vaidya will surely win) and “Sunil bhai aap humare saath hai” (Sunil Vaidya you are with us).<br /><br />“Sunil bhai has done so much work in the area (Trilokpuri), that people will vote for Kiran ji,” said a supporter.<br /><br />When Vaidya was coming out of the nomination centre, she bumped into BJP’s chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi, who was accompanied by Union Minister Harsh Vardhan, Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Goel. Both women candidates greeted each other.<br /><br />Vinod Kumar Binny also filed his nomination papers from Patparganj constituency at the same centre.<br /><br />Vaidya, a mother of two, is banking on the work done by her husband in Trilokpuri. “Public of Trilokpuri loved my husband and my husband in turn, had worked day and night for the development of the area,” she said. “I am sure people will vote for me,” she added.<br /><br />When asked about Trilokpuri riots, supporters of Vaidya said, “Sunil ji had nothing to do with it. He was given a clean chit by police.”<br /><br />Vadiya is contesting Delhi Assembly elections from Trilokpuri constituency against the last Aam Aadmi Party’s MLA Raju Dhingan and Congress’ Bramh Pal.<br /><br />On December 17, 2014, former BJP MLA from Trilokpuri Sunil Vaidya passed away after suffering brain haemorrhage. He had fallen unconscious at an election campaign meeting in Trilokpuri and was admitted to a hospital.</p>
