Trouble for BJP’s Parvesh Verma as Delhi Police files case over shoe distribution to voters

Delhi Elections 2025: Trouble seems to be brewing for BJP's Parvesh Verma after Delhi Police filed a case against the candidate on Wednesday over shoe distribution to voters. The Returning Officer of New Delhi Assembly Constituency addressed this concerning issue to Station House Officer (SHO) Mandir Marg Police Station on January 15.

The issue related to distribution of shoes to voters by the BJP candidate at Valmiki Temple surfaced comes days before assembly polls which are scheduled to take place in the national capital on February 5. The Returning Officer requested the SHO to file an FIR and to initiate immediate investigation in the case. This comes after a complaint was raised against BJP candidate Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma.

The complaint states, “Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma, prospective BJP candidate is distributing shoes to electors of New Delhi Assembly Constituency in the religious campus of Valmiki Temple near Mandir Marg, Police Station.”

Parvesh Verma files nomination from New Delhi seat

Earlier in the day, Parvesh Verma filed his nomination from the New Delhi assembly constituency. Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal and Congress' Sandeep Dikshit are in the electoral fray against Parvesh Verma.

At the time of filing his nomination, Parvesh Verma said that this nomination has been filed for development and the BJP will certainly win from the New Delhi seat, ANI reported.

The counting of votes of Delhi assembly polls will take place on February 8, three days after the polling takes place in single phase. Hundreds of his supporters accompanied Parvesh Verma to the District Magistrate's office. He led a roadshow before filing his nomination.

All to know about Parvesh Verma

Parvesh Verma is the son of former Delhi Chief Minister Sahib Singh Verma, who began his political career with 2013 assembly election. During these elections, he contested from the Mehrauli Vidhan Sabha constituency and emerged victorious against incumbent MLA Yoganand Shastri. In the 2014 general elections, he won the West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency. Parvesh Verma secured a second term as MP from West Delhi in 2019 polls.