The Congress on Thursday released the first list of 21 candidates for Delhi, naming Sandeep Dikshit from New Delhi and state party chief chief Devender Yadav from Badli.
The party has named Aruna Kumari from Narela, Mangesh Tyagi from Burari, Shivank Singhal from Adarsh Nagar, and Jai Kishan from Sultanpur Majra.
Other candidates who found their names in the list include Rohit Chaudhary from Nangloi Jat, Praveen Jain from Shalimarbagh, Ragini Nayak from Wazirpur, Anil Bhardwaj from Sadar Bazar, Mudit Agarwal from Chandni Chowk and Haroon Yusuf from Ballimaran.
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Meanwhile, the grand-old party fielded PS Bawa from Tilak Nagar, Adarsh Shastri from Dwarka, Abhishek Dutt from Kasturba Nagar, Rajinder Tanwar from Chhatarpur and Jay Prakash from Ambedkar Nagar.
Congress releases first list of 21 candidates for Delhi elections.
Delhi Congress chief Devender Yadav to contest from Badli, Ragini Nayak from Wazirpur, Sandeep Dikshit from New Delhi, Abhishek Dutt from Kasturba Nagar. pic.twitter.com/ceb8QcGCkK
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Garvit Singhvi is fighting from Greater Kailash, Ch. Anil Kumar from Patparganj, Abdul Rehman from Seelampur and Ali Mahndi from Mustafabad.
The first list for Delhi polls came shortly after the Congress’ top brass on Thursday evening cleared the names of 21 candidates for Delhi assembly elections, scheduled to be held early next year.
The names were discussed at a meeting of the party’s central election committee chaired by Mallikarjun Kharge, top leaders from Delhi and CEC members discussed the names of nominees and gave nod to 21 candidates.
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, CEC members Ambika Soni, Salman Khurshid, TS Singh Deo and Mushusudan Mistry were among those present at the meeting. Delhi Congress chief Devendra Yadav was also present during the deliberations.
