TMC backs AAP in Delhi polls

Mamata Banerjee's All India Trinamool Congress has backed Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party in the upcoming Delhi elections. TMC leader and Rajya Sabha member Derek O' Brien has said that AAP has delivered its promise in Delhi and has appealed to the people to vote for Kejriwal.

New Delhi: Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress has thrown its weight behind the Aam Admi Party for the Delhi polls.TMC's national spokesperson Derek O' Brien uploaded a video endorsing not just Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal but all AAP candidates on Thursday.

Banerjee and Kejriwal have shared a cordial relationship over the years. Delhi CM came out in support of his West Bengal counterpart during the general elections in 2019 and also during Banerjee's face-off with the Centre over Kolkata police chief Rajeev Kumar.

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TMC Supremo too on her part condemned attacks on Kejriwal during the general elections and lashed out at the BJP over the issue.

"Vote for @AamAadmiParty, Vote for the candidate from Rajendra Nagar constituency @raghav_chadha, Vote for @ArvindKejriwal and all AAP candidates in Delhi," O' Brien tweeted.

• Vote for @AamAadmiParty
  
  Vote for the candidate from Rajendra Nagar constituency @raghav_chadha
  
  Vote for @ArvindKejriwal and all AAP candidates in Delhi
  
  WATCH pic.twitter.com/KcgHbPpkB7

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  Vote for @AamAadmiParty
  
  Vote for the candidate from Rajendra Nagar constituency @raghav_chadha
  
  Vote for @ArvindKejriwal and all AAP candidates in Delhi
  
  WATCH pic.twitter.com/KcgHbPpkB7

  — Citizen Derek | নাগরিক ডেরেক (@derekobrienmp) January 30, 2020

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  Vote for @AamAadmiParty
  
  Vote for the candidate from Rajendra Nagar constituency @raghav_chadha
  
  Vote for @ArvindKejriwal and all AAP candidates in Delhi
  
  WATCH pic.twitter.com/KcgHbPpkB7

  — Citizen Derek | নাগরিক ডেরেক (@derekobrienmp) January 30, 2020

In the video, O' Brien is in Rajendra Nagar constituency in Central Delhi where he endorses the Kejriwal government saying it has delivered what it promised in terms of health, education, water, electricity, and pollution.

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"What they promised, they have delivered. The candidate here is Raghav Chadha, he is a boy who is very enthusiastic. One of the youngest bright minds I have seen in Delhi. Vote for AAP, vote for Raghav Chadha. May the Aam Admi Party do very very well," said O' Brien. (With inputs from PTI)