New Delhi | The Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) today announced that Punjabi Sufi singer Hans Raj Hans will be party’s candidate from the North-West Delhi constituency.
Hans had joined the BJP in December 2016 after resigning from the Congress party in 2014. He was also a member of th Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab and had also contested the election from the Jalandhar constituency in 2009.
Hans Raj Hans has replaced Udit Raj who is the sitting MP from the North-West Delhi constituency. Raj has earlier announced that he would quit the BJP is he is denied the Lok Sabha ticket by the party. Hans will now contest against AAP’s Guggan Singh and Congress’ Rajesh Lilothia on the North-West Delhi seat.
Earlier on Monday, BJP had announced the candidature of former cricketer Gautam Gambhir from East-Delhi and Meenakshi Lekhi from New Delhi constituency.
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