New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday, January 4, unveiled its first list of candidates for the Delhi assembly elections set for February. The list includes several high-profile candidates, with former West Delhi MP Parvesh Verma facing off against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor and former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the New Delhi constituency.
In another key contest, BJP’s Ramesh Bidhuri will challenge sitting Delhi Chief Minister Atishi from the Kalkaji constituency, as well as Congress candidate Alka Lamba. This fierce political showdown is expected to heat up the race in the capital’s southern region.
The BJP has also fielded former AAP minister Kailash Gehlot from the Bijwasan constituency, while former Delhi Congress president Arvinder Singh Lovely is contesting from Gandhi Nagar on a BJP ticket.
The Congress has so far announced 22 candidates, with more expected soon. Meanwhile, AAP has already released its list of candidates for all 70 assembly constituencies.
Here is the full list of BJP candidates for the upcoming Delhi assembly elections:
- Adarsh Nagar – Raj Kumar Bhatia
- Badli – Deepak Chaudhary
- Nangloi Jat – Manoj Shokeen
- Mangolpuri (SC) – Rajkumar Chauhan
- Rohini – Vijender Gupta
- Shalimar Bagh – Rekha Gupta
- Model Town – Ashok Goel
- Karol Bagh (SC) – Dushyant Kumar Gautam
- Patel Nagar (SC) – Raaj Kumar Anand
- Rajouri Garden – Manjinder Singh Sisra
- Janakpuri – Ashish Sood
- Bijwasan – Kailash Gehlot
- New Delhi – Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma
- Jangpura – Tarvinder Singh Marwah
- Malviya Nagar – Satish Upadhyay
- RK Puram – Anil Sharma
- Mehrauli – Gajinder Yadav
- Chhatarpur – Kartar Singh Tanwar
- Ambedkar Nagar (SC) – Khushiram Chunar
- Kalkaji – Ramesh Bidhuri
- Badarpur – Narayan Dutt Sharma
- Patparganj – Ravinder Singh Negi
- Vishwasnagar – Om Prakash Sharma
- Krishna Nagar – Anil Goyal
- Gandhi Nagar – Arvinder Singh Lovely
- Seemapuri (SC) – Kumari Rinku
- Rohtas Nagar – Jitendra Mahajan
- Ghonda – Ajay Mahawar
With the election season heating up, all eyes will be on these prominent battles, including the high-stakes face-offs between Parvesh Verma and Kejriwal, as well as Ramesh Bidhuri and Atishi. The BJP’s strategic candidate placements are expected to intensify the political rivalry in Delhi ahead of the upcoming elections.
