Delhi Elections 2020: AAP’s Satyendra Jain is seeking second term from North Delhi’s Shakur Basti

Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain speaks to media personnel after visiting the site of a factory at Rani Jhansi Road where a major fire broke out, in New Delhi. At least 43 people were killed and several others injured in the mishap.Photo/Vijay Verma)(
  • AAP's Satyendra Jain is leading from North Delhi's Shakur Basti seat, as per the early trends.
  • He is contesting against BJP's SC Vats and Dev Raj Arora from Congress.
  • As the Arvind Kejriwal-led government prepares for a second term, Jain is prioritising healthcare as his key selling point.
AAP's Satyendra Jain is leading from North Delhi's Shakur Basti seat, as per the early trends. The Health Minister of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is contesting from Shakur Basti in North Delhi, once again. He is contesting against BJP's SC Vats and Dev Raj Arora from Congress.

PartyCandidate NameStatus
AAPSatyendra JainLeading
BJPSC VatsTrailing
CongressDev Raj AroraTrailing

Jain, who has multiple portfolios to his name — including health, industries, home, public works, power, urban development and transport — was elected from the same constituency in 2015.

As the Arvind Kejriwal-led government prepares for a second term, Jain is prioritising healthcare as his key selling point. The government had inaugurated 152 new ‘mohalla clinics’ — and called it a ‘world record.’ This accounts to a total of 450 free primary healthcare centres in Delhi — against its target of 1,000.

"Spectacular development initiatives have been possible because the people of Delhi elected a responsible and accountable government in 2015. The development bandwagon should not be stopped, but must be accelerated," Kejriwal said in a bid to woo voters.

The party claims to have served two crore outpatients and conducted 18 lakh tests until November 2019.

Jain has also been working to facilitate forensic labs to crack down on suspects and criminals in the national capital. He opened the Delhi Forensic Science Laboratory and brain and fingerprint facilities, adding that this will create fear among the criminals.

He was an active member of the Jan Lokpal Movement against corruption.

See also:
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Delhi Election 2020: Atishi, an Oxford graduate and Rhodes scholar is drawing up AAP’s agenda in the national capital

Delhi election 2020: Gopal Rai, a minister with multiple portfolios who likes to flash AAP’s ‘report card’ as he seeks votes
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