The BJP has set forth its first list of candidates for the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls 2020, scheduled to take place on 8th February.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Delhi chief Manoj Tiwari put out a list of nominees for 57 out of 70 seats.
Kapil Mishra will be contesting from Model Town, Vijender Gupta will be competing from Rohini, Rakha Gupta from Shalimar Bagh and Suman Kumar Gupta will battle from Chandni Chowk.
The BJP has put out 11 SC candidates and four women. The party has given a ticket to three Congress defectors Sanjay Singh, Surendra Singh Bittu and SC Vats.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has also disposed Aam Aadmi Party turncoat Anil Vajpayee. He has been fielded from Gandhinagar.
Interestingly, the BJP has withheld the name of the leader who will be fighting against Arvind Kejriwal in New Delhi constituency.
list of candidates:
Narela: Neldaman Khatri
Timarpur: Surendra Singh Bittu
Adarsh Nagar: Rajkmar bhati
Badali: Vijay Bhagat
Rithala: Manish Chaudharry
Bawana (SC): Ravindra Kumar Indraj
Mundka: Mastar Azad Singh
Kirari (SC): Anil Jha
Sultanpur Majra (SC): Ramchandra Chawdia
Mangol Puri (SC): Kamarsingh Karma
Rohini: Vijendra Gupta
Shalimar Bagh: Rekha Gupta
Sakur Basti: Dr SC Vats
Trinagar: Tilak Ram Gupta
Wazirpur: Dr Mahendra Nagpal
Model Town: Kapil Mishra
Sadar Bazar: Jai Prakash
Chandi Chowk: Suman Kumar Gupta
Matia Mahal: Ravindra Gupta
Ballimaran: Lata Sodhi
Karol Bagh (SC): Yogendra Chandolia
Patel Nagar (SC): Pravesh Ratan
Moti Nagar: Subhas Sachedeva
Madipur (SC): Kailash Sankla
Tilak Nagar: Rajiv Babbar
Janak Puri: Ashish Sood
Vikas Puri: Sanjay Singh
Uttam Nagar: Krishan Gehlot
Dwarka: Praduman Rajput
Matiala: Rajesh Gehlot
Nazafgarh: Ajit Kharkhari
Brijwasan: Satyaprakash Rana
Palam: Vijay Pandit
Rajendra Nagar: RP Singh
Jungpura: Sardar Impreet Singh Bakshi
Malviya Nagar: Shailendra Singh Monty
RK Puram: Anil Sharma
Chattarpur: Bramha Singh Tanwar
Deoli (SC): Arvind Kumar
Ambedkar Nagar: (SC): Kishiram
Greater Kailash: Shikha Rai
Tughlaqabad: Vikram Bidhuri (neice of Ramesh Bidhuri)
Badarpur: Ramvir Singh Bidhuri
Okhla: Bramha Singh
Trilok Puri (SC): Kiran Vaidya
Kondli: (SC): Rajkumar Dhillo
Patparganj: Negi
Laxmi Nagar: Ajay Kumar Varma
Vishwas Nagar: OP Sharma
Gandhi Nagar: Anil Bajpayee
Rohtas Nagar: Jitendra Mahajan
Seelam Pur: Kaushal Mishra
Gonda: Ajay Mahawat
Babarpur: Naresh Gaur
Gopulpuri (SC): Ranjit Kashyap
Mustafabad: Jagdish Pradhan
Karawal Nagar: Mohan Singh Bisht
Polls for 70 seats in Delhi Assembly will see a contest between ruling AAP, BJP and Congress. The voting will take place on February and counting will be done on February 11.
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