BJP Releases First List of 29 Candidates for Delhi Assembly Elections
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its first list of 29 candidates for the Delhi Assembly elections on Saturday. In a significant move, BJP has fielded Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma against Arvind Kejriwal from the key New Delhi Assembly constituency and Ramesh Bidhuri against Chief Minister Atishi from the Kalkaji constituency. Additionally, Kailash Gahlot, who defected from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to join BJP, has been given a ticket from the Bijwasan seat.
Candidates in the List
The BJP’s list includes prominent names and constituencies as follows:
Adarsh Nagar: Raj Kumar Bhatia
Badli: Deepak Chaudhary
New Delhi: Parvesh Verma
Kalkaji: Ramesh Bidhuri
Bijwasan: Kailash Gahlot
Malviya Nagar: Satish Upadhyay
Gandhinagar: Arvinder Singh Lovely
Rohini: Vijender Gupta
Karol Bagh: Dushyant Gautam
Rajouri Garden: Manjinder Singh Sirsa
Janakpuri: Ashish Sood
Rithala: Kulwant Rana
Nangloi Jat: Manoj Shokeen
Mangolpuri (SC): Rajkumar Chauhan
Shalimar Bagh: Rekha Gupta
Model Town: Ashok Goel
Patel Nagar: Rajkumar Anand
Jangpura: Sardar Tarvinder Singh Marwah
RK Puram: Anil Sharma
Mehrauli: Gajendra Yadav
Chhatarpur: Kartar Singh Tanwar
Ambedkar Nagar: Khushiram Chunar
Badarpur: Narayan Dutt Sharma
Patparganj: Ravindra Singh Negi
Vishwas Nagar: Om Prakash Sharma
Krishna Nagar: Anil Goel
Seemapuri (SC): Kumari Rinku
Rohtas Nagar: Jitendra Mahajan
Ghonda: Ajay Mahawar
Political Context
It is noteworthy that Aam Aadmi Party has already announced its candidates for all 70 seats, while Congress has declared candidates for 43 constituencies.
Election Announcement Awaited
Although preparations are in full swing, the official announcement of the Delhi Assembly election dates is yet to be made.
This list showcases BJP’s strategy of fielding strong candidates against prominent leaders from other parties, setting the stage for a tough contest in the upcoming elections.