Arvind Kejriwal to file nomination from New Delhi seat for upcoming assembly polls today

Ahead of crucial assembly polls, AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday announced that he will be filing nomination papers from New Delhi seat today.

"Today I am going to file my nomination. Many of my mothers and sisters from all over Delhi will accompany me to bless me. Before filing nomination, I will go to Valmiki Temple and Hanuman Temple to seek Lord's blessings," said Arvind Kejriwal in a post on X.

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Ahead of announcing decision to file nominaiton papers, Union Home Ministry granted sanction to the Enforcement Directorate to prosecute former Delhi chief minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy linked money laundering case, officials said. The federal agency has filed a chargesheet against the 56-year-old politician before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court here last year after arresting him in March.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has recently granted the required sanction to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for prosecuting Kejriwal under the anti-money laundering law in the Delhi excise policy case, officials said.

The development comes ahead of the Delhi Assembly on February 5.

Thrice triumphant from the New Delhi Assembly seat riding on an anti-corruption wave, AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal, who is out on bail in a money laundering case, faces tougher odds in this election with his image of a corruption crusader a little less impressive among residents. Odds for Kejriwal become narrower considering his rivals - scions of former Delhi chief ministers - BJP's Parvesh Singh Verma and Congress' Sandeep Dikshit.

The former MPs would be trying their best dislodge the ex-Delhi chief minister from a seat, which has come to be seen as a matter of prestige to all three. The constituency composed of some of the poshest areas of Delhi is also pockmarked by slums clusters that bears a resemblance to the rest of Delhi and demand a similar treatment. Many residents of the constituency believe it would be an open fight this time with hardly any favourites. Some others claim the promised development has failed to come by.