Delhi Assembly Elections 2025 | TMC's Shatrughan Sinha to campaign for AAP

New Delhi: Trinamool Congress MP Shatrughan Sinha will campaign for the Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi ahead of the February 5 Assembly polls, party sources said on Tuesday.

According to a highly placed source, Sinha, the TMC MP from Asansol, will canvass for the AAP in at least three constituencies on February 1 and 2. These include former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's New Delhi constituency, Chief Minister Atishi's Kalkaji constituency, and Manish Sisodia's Jangpura constituency.

The TMC believes that the actor-turned-politician, who hails from Bihar, could mobilise Delhi's 'Purvanchali' voters, a term referring to migrants from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. The Purvanchalis are an influential voter base in the city.

The source added that "one or two more" TMC leaders may join the campaigning in Delhi.

The TMC had extended support to the AAP for the Delhi polls, where the BJP and the Congress are also in the fray making it a triangular contest.

The TMC and the AAP are part of the INDIA bloc which has the Congress as its largest party. A senior TMC leader said that the party would campaign not just against the BJP but also the Congress -- reflecting the widening rift within the opposition alliance.

"We have always said that in every state, the strongest party should take the lead," the TMC leader said.

No electoral alliance has been formed for the Assembly polls in the national capital. While the AAP and the Congress had a tie-up during last year's Lok Sabha elections in Delhi, the BJP bagged all seven seats.

Delhi Assembly Election 2025 | The first of two state assembly polls this year sees a three-way contest between AAP, Congress, and BJP in the nation's capital. AAP decided to contest the polls alone, causing rumours of a rift in I.N.D.I.A. BJP, meanwhile, is hoping the liquor excise policy scam and pollution in Delhi will give the saffron party an edge over AAP. Kejriwal, on the other hand, has different plans with his demand for reservations for Delhi Jats. Congress will also be looking to make its presence felt and has not held back from attacking its own alliance partner. Check live updates and track the latest coverage, live news, in-depth opinions, and analyses only on Deccan Herald.

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