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The saffron party fielded Kapil Mishra and Harish Khurana from Karawal Nagar and Moti Nagar respectively for the Delhi polls scheduled for February 5.
BJP leader Kapil Mishra has been fielded in Karawal Nagar in the party’s second candidate list for Delhi polls. (PTI Image)
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced its second list of 29 candidates for the high-stakes Delhi Assembly elections scheduled next month.
As per the latest news, Kapil Mishra has been fielded from Karawal Nagar, Harish Khurana from Moti Nagar, Priyanka Gautam (who recently joined BJP from AAP) fielded from Kondli. The BJP is expected to soon release the names of 12 remaining candidates.
Kapil Mishra will face AAP’s Manoj Tyagi and Congress candidate PK Mishra while Khurana faces AAP’s Shiv Charan Goel and Congress’ Rajendra Namdhari.
Moreover, Raj Karan Khatri has been fielded in Narela, Tilak Ram Gupta in Trinagar, Karan Singh Karma in Sultanpur Mahra, Gajendra Daral in Mundka, Satish Kain in Chandni Chowk and Shweta Saini in Tilak Nagar.
Surya Prakash Khatri got the ticket to contest in Timarpur, Bajrang Shukla in Kirari, Karnail Singh in Shakur Basti, Manoj Kumar Jindal in Sadar Bazar, Deepti Indora in Matia Mahal, Shyam Sharma in Hari Nagar, Pankaj Kumar Singh in Vikaspuri and Manish Chaudhary in Okhla.
List Of BJP Candidates In 2nd List
- Raj Karan Khatri – Narela
- Surya Prakash Khatri – Timarpur
- Gajendra Daral – Mundka
- Bajrang Shukla – Kirari
- Karam Singh Karma – Sultanpur Majra
- Karnail Singh – Shakur Basti
- Tilak Ram Gupta – Tri Nagar
- Manoj Kumar Jindal – Sadar Bazar
- Satish Jain – Chandni Chowk
- Deepti Indora – Matia Mahal
- Kamal Bagri – Ballimaran
- Harish Khurana – Moti Nagar
- Urmila Kailash Gangwal – Madipur
- Shyam Sharma – Hari Nagar
- Shweta Saini – Tilak Nagar
- Pankaj Kumar Singh – Vikaspuri
- Pawan Sharma – Uttam Nagar
- Parduymn Rajput – Dwarka
- Sandeep Sehrawat – Matiala
- Neelam Pahalwan – Najafgarh
- Kuldeep Solanki – Palam
- Umang Bajaj – Rajinder Nagar
- Neeraj Basoya – Kasturba Nagar
- Rohtas Bidhuri – Tughlakabad
- Manish Chaudhary – Okhla
- Priyanka Gautam – Kondli
- Abhay Verma – Laxmi Nagar
- Anil Gaur – Seelampur
- Kapil Mishra – Karawal Nagar
The BJP had released its first of 29 candidates on January 4, fielding former MP Parvesh Verma against former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal from the New Delhi seat. Meanwhile, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has released the names of all the candidates who will be contesting on the 70 seats in Delhi Assembly elections.
BJP pitted former MP Ramesh Bidhuri against Delhi Chief Minister Atishi in Kalkaji and also extended a ticket to turncoat Kailash Gahlot, who recently joined the BJP after accusing AAP of “diluted values and principles.” Gahlot will contest the election from the Bijwasan seat.
Meanwhile, Kejriwal on Saturday reiterated the claim that the BJP has decided to project its leader Ramesh Bidhuri as the party’s chief ministerial candidate, prompting an angry response from Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Voting for the Delhi polls will take place on February 5 in a single phase while the counting of votes will take place on February 8. As per the final electoral roll of Delhi, the national capital has 1,55,24,858 voters. The number increased by 1.09 per cent since the publication of the October 29, 2024, draft of electors. Delhi has 70 constituencies (58 General and 12 SC seats).
AAP has enjoyed a majority government in the national capital since 2015, securing a thumping victory twice in Delhi Assembly elections. However, it has faced major setbacks in Lok Sabha polls, failing to win a single seat since 2014. The upcoming polls will witness a fierce electoral battle between the AAP and the opposition BJP.
