Delhi Assembly Elections 2025: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released its first list of the candidates for upcoming Delhi polls on Saturday. The party has fielded Parvesh Verma from New Delhi assembly seat against AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal. Congress has earlier announced former PM of Delhi, Sheila Dikshit’s son Sandeep Dikshit as a contender from New Delhi assembly seat.
The list features a total of 29 contenders which include Dushyant Gautam from Karol Bagh, Manjinder Singh Sirsa from Rajouri Garden, Kailash Gehlot from Bijwasan, Arvinder Singh Lovely from Gandhi Nagar.
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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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The first list of BJP for the upcoming Delhi Assembly Elections 2025 were earlier expected to be announced late December following PM Modi’s Central election Committee meeting.
BJP is usually the first among all political parties to release its candidates list for elections, however, the announcement of names has been delayed for the 70-member Delhi assembly. The polls are expected to be held in February this year.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has released their final list of 38 candidates on December 15, 2024, for Delhi polls.
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