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Before the formation of the Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi in 2013, the Congress government was in power for 15 consecutive years.
Late Wednesday night, Congress released the fifth list of 5 candidates for the Delhi Assembly elections. There are names of 2 SC candidates in this list. Till now the party has announced 68 names. Now candidates are yet to be announced for 2 seats.
Surendra Kumar has been made the candidate from Bawana seat. Sumesh Gupta has been given ticket from Rohini seat. The party has made Rahul Dhanak its candidate from Karol Bagh. Apart from this, Virendra Bidhuri has been fielded from Tughlakabad and Arjun Bhadana from Badarpur.
On January 14, Congress had released the fourth list. There were 16 names in it. The candidate from Gokalpur seat was changed. Earlier, Pramod Kumar Jayant was given ticket from here. In his place, the party made Ishwar Bagri its candidate.
Former MLA Dharam Pal Lakra, who came to Congress from Aam Aadmi Party from Mundka seat, was given the ticket. Former Union Minister of State Krishna Tirath has been made the candidate from Patel Nagar reserved seat.
Congress’s fourth list, 16 names
21 names announced in the first list Congress had announced the names of 21 candidates in the first list on December 12. Congress has given ticket to Sandeep Dixit against AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal from New Delhi seat.
26 candidates announced in the second list On December 24, Congress had released the second list. There are 26 names in it. Farhad Suri has been given ticket on Jangpura seat. AAP’s Manish Sisodia is contesting from here. Whereas, Haji Mohammad Ishraq Khan has been fielded against AAP’s Gopal Rai from Babarpur seat.
Satish Luthra has been given ticket against Satyendra Jain from Shakur Basti, Pushpa Singh has been given ticket against Naresh Yadav from Mehrauli. Kailash Gehlot was the MLA from Mehrauli seat. Kailash has left AAP and joined BJP.
Alka Lamba’s name in the third list On January 3, 2025, Congress announced a candidate. In this, Alka Lamba was made the candidate against CM Atishi from Kalkaji Assembly. Both Alka and Atishi have filed nominations on January 14.
Alka Lamba has been an MLA from 2015 to 2020.
Voting in Delhi on 5 February, result on 8 February The Election Commission had announced Delhi Assembly elections on 7 January. Voting will be held on February 5 in a single phase on all 70 seats of Delhi. The results will come on 8 February. It will take about 35 days from the day of announcement of dates to complete the election process i.e. till 10th February.
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