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Capital capers: Conspiracy theories abound on poll eve

If the BJP loses the Assembly election in Delhi, it would be the sixth successive defeat for the party in regional legislative elections

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home Minister Amit Shah, BJP working president Jagat Prakash Nadda and other BJP leaders at the party CEC meeting  at party office in New Delhi.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home Minister Amit Shah, BJP working president Jagat Prakash Nadda and other BJP leaders at the party CEC meeting at party office in New Delhi. Photo: PTI

Bharat Bhushan
Immediately after a young man shot at protestors against the Citizenship Amendment Act outside Jamia Millia Islamia University, Sanjay Singh, leader of the Aam Adami Party (AAP) suggested on Twitter the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may use the incident to postpone the Delhi polls. “Afraid of losing, the BJP and Amit Shah are trying to postpone Delhi elections. In the Jamia firing incident, Amit Shah tied the hands of Delhi Police and thus they acted as bystanders” he tweeted. He reiterated the allegation in a press conference later.

Is this imputation just campaign rhetoric or does it have some basis?
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