Sidhu and Sinha, who earlier were with the BJP, have been roped in for the campaign in a bid to woo Punjabi and Purvanchali voters in Delhi.
The list also mentioned CMs of Congress-ruled states, such as Ashok Gehlot, Kamal Nath, Amarinder Singh among others, who have been assigned to campaign for the party in Delhi assembly elections.
Interestingly, has been away from the limelight, since his resignation as a minister in the Captain Amarinder Singh-led cabinet in Punjab in July last year.
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Delhi Congress chief Subhash Chopra, Ajay Maken, Meira Kumar, Raj Babbar, Kapil Sibal, Shashi Tharoor, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Randeep Singh Surjewala, Kirti Azad and Sushmita Dev are other eminent leaders included in the list.
The Congress is contesting on 66 seats and its ally Rashtriya Janata Dal will fight on the remaining 4 seats. in Delhi elections. The party has fielded Romesh Sabharwal against Arvind Kejriwal from the New Delhi constituency.
Congress is seeking to revive itself in the national capital this time. It had won just eight seats in 2013 and could not open the account in the 2015 National capital Assembly polls.
The national capital, which has 70 seats, is scheduled to go to polls on February 8. The counting of votes will take place on February 11.
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