Delhi election 2020: AAP’s Gopal Rai wins a second term in Babarpur with 84,776 votes

• Social activist and the Convener of Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) — Gopal Rai — won from Babarpur constituency, again.
• It is the same constituency where he won over rival Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate with a margin of over 36,000 votes in 2015 polls.
• He is contesting against BJP’s Naresh Gaur and Anveeksha Jain from Congress.

Social activist and the Convener of Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) — Gopal Rai — won the Delhi assembly election 2020 from Babarpur constituency with a wide margin of 33,062 votes. He was contesting against BJP’s Naresh Gaur and Anveeksha Jain from Congress. It is the same constituency where he won over rival Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate with a margin of over 36,000 votes in 2015 polls.

Party	Candidate Name	Status
AAP	Gopal Rai	84,776
BJP	Naresh Gaur	51,714
Congress	Anveeksha Jain	5,131

As a part of the Delhi government, Rai took steps towards the safety of women and children. He initiated the installation of CCTV cameras in his constituency in Delhi. He said that the move will help the government crack down on suspicious activities in the area.

Babarpur was known for daylong congestion and broken roads with potholes — which is now on the path to improvement. “This was a key promise of the government to the people and is being fulfilled today,” he had said while inaugurating the project in his Babarpur constituency.

Party	2020 Elections	2015 Elections
AAP	53.6%	53.39%
BJP	38.5%	35.94%
INC	4.26%	7.80%
Others	3.64%	0.87%

Rai, who is a postgraduate in sociology and the Minister of Employment, Development, Labour, General Administration and Irrigation, has been associated with AAP from the time of Anna Hazare’s anti-corruption protests. He is now a key member of AAP’s Political Affairs Committee (PAC).

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Pollution crisis, cracking down on unauthorised residential colonies and a full statehood of Delhi are the key issues to be brought up during the assembly polls and campaigns. Kejriwal also told NDTV that clean water supply, ensuring the safety of women and improving public transport are the top priorities of the party.

This is the first time that the national capital is going to polls after the Lok Sabha elections. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP bagged all the seats in Delhi.

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