India, Jan. 27 -- The densely populated, riot-scarred assembly constituency of Mustafabad in northeast Delhi, is set to witness one of the most unique electoral battles of the 2025 assembly elections. Unlike the straightforward two-way fight between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) dominating most of the Capital, Mustafabad stands apart - a fractured battlefield hosting a veteran, a fresh-faced newcomer, a political scion, and a controversial undertrial.

The BJP is fielding Mohan Singh Bisht, the sitting MLA from adjacent Karawal Nagar, the AAP Adil Ahmad Khan, a journalist-turned-politician who has been with the party since the Anna Hazare movement, the Congress Ali Mehdi, the son of popular ex-MLA Hasan Me...