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Congress releases list of 21 candidates for Delhi elections, pitting Sandeep Dikshit against Arvind Kejriwal’s home turf | India News – Times of India
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is yet to confirm whether Arvind Kejriwal will contest from his New Delhi seat or switch to another constituency.
The list includes candidates from various constituencies such as Aruna Kumari (Narela), Mangesh Tyagi (Burari) and Shivank Singhal (Adarsh Nagar). For Sultanpur Majra (SC) constituency, Jai Kishan has been selected while Jay Prakash will contest from Ambedkar Nagar (SC). Senior Congress leader Haroon Yusuf hails from Ballimaran, and Ragini Nayak will contest from Wazirpur.
Other notable candidates include Anil Kumar (Patparganj) against AAP candidate Avadh Ojha, Devender Yadav (Badli) and Abhishek Dutt (Kasturba Nagar). With this list, the party aims to strengthen its presence in the Delhi Assembly with a mix of experienced leaders and new faces.
Complete list of candidates released by the AICC:
- Narela – Smt. Aruna Kumari
- Burari -Mangesh Tyagi
- Adarsh Nagar – Shivank Singhal
- Badli – Defender Yadav
- Sultanpur Majra (SC) – Jai Kishan
- Nangloi Jat -Rohit Chaudhary
- Shalimarbagh – Praveen Jain
- Wazirpur – Smt. Ragini Najak
- Sadar Bazar -Anil Bhardwaj
- Chandni Chowk -Mudit Agarwal
- Ballimaran -Haroon Yusuf
- Tilak Nagar – PS Bawa
- Dwarka – Adarsh Shastri
- New Delhi -Sandeep Dikshit
- Kasturba Nagar -Abishek Dutt
- Chhatarpur – Rajinder Tanwar
- Ambedkar Nagar (SC) -Jay Prakash
- Greater Kailash -Garvit Singhvi
- Patparganj – Ch. Anil Kumar
- Seelampur -Abdul Rehman
- Mustafabad -Ali Mahndi
