On Saturday, BJP has released the first list of 29 candidates for the upcoming Delhi elections. The party has fielded Parvesh Verma from the New Delhi assembly seat against AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal. Senior Congress leader and former CM Sheila Dixit’s son Sandeep Dixit will also contest for the seat.
BJP has fielded Dushyant Gautam from Karol Bagh, Manjinder Singh Sirsa from Rajouri Garden, Kailash Gehlot from Bijwasan, Arvinder Singh Lovely from Gandhi Nagar. BJP leader Ramesh Bidhuri will take on Delhi Chief Minister Atishi and Congress’s Alka Lamba in the Kalkaji seat.
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Parvesh Verma to contest from New Delhi assembly seat against AAP's Arvind Kejriwal; Dushyant Gautam from Karol Bagh, Manjinder Singh Sirsa from Rajouri Garden, Kailash Gehlot from Bijwasan, Arvinder… pic.twitter.com/jcvaW418U8
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Former Delhi minister and Congress turncoat, Rajkumar Chauhan, has been given a ticket from Mangolpuri. Another former Congress MLA, Tarwinder Singh Marwah, will contest from Jangpura against AAP’s Manish Sisodia.
Former AAP minister Kailash Gahlot has been fielded from Bijwasan instead of his turf Najafgarh, while Raaj Kumar Anand has got a ticket from Patel Nagar. Gahlot, who once said that he was Arvind Kejriwal’s Hanuman, joined the BJP in November last year, saying the AAP had moved away from its core values.
MLA Kartar Singh Tanwar, who also jumped ship from the AAP to the BJP, has been fielded from his Chhatarpur constituency. Sitting BJP MLAs, including the Leader of the Opposition Vijender Gupta, Om Prakash Sharma, Ajay Mahawar, and Jitender Mahajan, will re-contest from Rohini, Vishwas Nagar, Ghonda, and Rohtas Nagar, respectively.
Former Delhi BJP president Satish Upadhyay will contest the polls from Malviya Nagar, while Manoj Shokeen has been fielded from Nangloi Jat. The AAP has already announced its candidates for all the 70 Assembly constituencies in Delhi, while the Congress has named candidates for 47 seats so far.
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