Summary:
When contacted, leaders of the three top political contenders for the Assembly polls expected in 4 months in Delhi — AAP, BJP and Congress — said they are not planning to raise the issue. “During the Lok Sabha elections and even before that, we have done all we could to ensure Delhi becomes a full state. The demand for full statehood had also been a poll promise for BJP and Congress. A Congress leader said the demand for full statehood has been in the party’s manifesto since long. The fight for statehood to Delhi can be traced back to the early 1950s when the state got its first Chief Minister..