Delhi's rubble-strewn Connaught Place mirrors ruling party's election struggle


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  • Wednesday, 04 Dec 2013

Polling officers sit inside an election training centre on the eve of the state election in New Delhi December 3, 2013. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The broken paving stones and exposed cables that mar the neo-Georgian grandeur of India's prime shopping precinct give a glimpse into why the ruling Congress party might struggle to hold on to the capital Delhi in a local election on Wednesday.

Work is still unfinished on a costly face lift to Connaught Place that was meant to showcase Delhi to the world for the 2010 Commonwealth Games and businesses located in what is some of the world's most costly office real estate are furious.

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