New Delhi:
The bugle of assembly elections has not been sounded in Delhi yet, but the parties have started declaring their candidates. After Aam Aadmi Party and Congress, now BJP has also released the first list of its candidates. BJP has declared the names of 29 candidates. BJP has made the contest quite interesting by fielding its veteran leaders on New Delhi, Kalkaji and Gandhinagar seats. BJP has fielded Pravesh Singh Verma from New Delhi against Arvind Kejriwal. At the same time, BJP has given ticket to Ramesh Singh Vidhuri, who has been a MP twice, against Chief Minister Atishi from Kalkaji seat.
| seat | Aam Aadmi Party | BJP | Congress |
| New Delhi | Arvind Kejriwal | Pravesh Singh Verma | Sandeep Dixit |
| Kalkaji | Atishi | Ramesh Vidhuri | Alka Lamba |
| Gandhinagar | Naveen Chaudhary (Deepu) | Arvinder Singh Lovely | , |
Triangular contest on New Delhi Assembly seat
The contest for New Delhi Assembly seat seems to be interesting. BJP has fielded its veteran leader Pravesh Singh Verma from New Delhi Assembly seat. Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal is contesting from New Delhi Assembly seat. The Congress party has placed its bet on Sandeep Dikshit, son of former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, from this seat. In such a situation, the contest from New Delhi seat seems to be triangular. Arvind Kejriwal has been winning the New Delhi Assembly seat for the last two times… However, this time the battle will not be easy for him.
The reputation of many stalwarts is at stake on Kalkaji assembly seat.
Kalkaji assembly seat is also in the news after Delhi Chief Minister Atishi, BJP’s Ramesh Vidhuri and Congress’s Alka Lamba have entered the fray. Here too the contest seems to be triangular. Ramesh Vidhuri, who was not given ticket in the Lok Sabha elections, has now been fielded from Kalkaji seat. He has been an MP twice. Ramesh Bidhuri is a senior BJP leader from South Delhi. Meanwhile, Alka Lamba left Congress and joined AAP in 2013 and was elected MLA from Chandni Chowk in 2015, but in 2019 she again joined Congress Party. Alka had last contested elections from Chandni Chowk on Congress ticket, but had lost. This time, Congress has made the challenge even tougher by fielding him against Atishi. In such a situation, Kalkaji assembly seat is going to be in the headlines this time.
Tough competition on Gandhi Nagar assembly seat
BJP has fielded Arvinder Singh Lovely from Gandhi Nagar assembly seat. Veteran Congress leader Arvind Singh Lovely has also been the Education Minister of Delhi. He has a good hold in East Delhi. Aam Aadmi Party has fielded Naveen Chaudhary (Deepu) on this seat. Congress has not yet declared its candidate from this seat. There is a large area in Gandhi Nagar seat, where there is business class.
List of 29 candidates of BJP
BJP has fielded Raj Kumar Bhatia from Adarsh ​​Nagar, Deepak Chaudhary from Badli, Kulwant Rana from Rithala, Manoj Shokeen from Nanlogai Jat, Rajkumar Chauhan from Mangolpuri (SC), Vijendra Gupta from Rohini, Rekha Gupta from Shalimar Bagh, Ashok Goyal from Model Town, Karol Bagh (SC) Dushyant Kumar Gautam, Raj Kumar Anand from Patel Nagar, Sardar Manjinder Singh from Sirsa, Janakpuri from Rajouri Garden. Ashish Sood, Kailash Gehlot from Bijwasan, Pravesh Sahib Singh Verma from New Delhi, Sardar Tarvinder Singh Marwah from Jangpura, Satish Upadhyay from Malviya Nagar, Anil Sharma from RK Puram, Gajendra Yadav from Mehrauli, Kartar Singh Tanwar from Chhatarpur, Ambedkar Nagar ( Khushiram from SC) Chunar, Ramesh Bidhuri from Kalkaji, Narayan Dutt from Badarpur. Sharma, Ravindra Singh Negi from Patparganj, Om Prakash Sharma from Vishwas Nagar, Anil Goyal from Krishna Nagar, Sardar Arvinder Singh Lovely from Gandhi Nagar, Kumari Rinku from Seemapuri (SC), Jitendra Mahajan from Rohtas Nagar and Ajay Mahawar from Ghonda. Has taken down.
