BJP fields ex-AAP ministers, ex-Cong chief in 1st candidate list for Delhi polls
Hindustan TimesThe Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday released the first list of 29 candidates for the upcoming Delhi assembly elections, fielding former Aam Aadmi Party ministers Kailash Gahlot from Bijwasan and Raj Kumar Anand from Patel Nagar, and former Delhi Congress chief Arvind Singh Lovely from Gandhi Nagar. The party has pitted former chief minister Sahib Singh Verma’s son Pravesh Sahib Singh Verma against Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal in New Delhi seat, and former South Delhi member of Parliament Ramesh Bidhuri against chief minister Atishi in Kalkaji. The New Delhi constituency is now set to see a big-ticket fight among a former chief minister and the sons of two former CMs as the Congress has already fielded former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit’s son Sandeep Dikshit from the seat. Former AAP MLA Kartar Singh Tanwar, who recently joined the BJP, has been fielded from Chhatarpur and former Congress MLA Raj Kumar Chauhan has been fielded from Mangolpuri seat.