After the announcement, Tiwari also claimed that his party is confident of a win in Delhi, where it has been out of power since 1998
New Delhi: On Friday Bharatiya Janata Party has announced its first list of candidates for Delhi Assembly Elections 2020. As Delhi is going for polls next month BJP has finally announced there candidates’ names.
The BJP Delhi chief and parliamentarian Manoj Tiwari announced a list of nominees for 57 out of 70 seats.
BJP’s Kapil Mishra will contest from Model Town, Vijender Gupta will contest from Rohini, Rekha Gupta from Shalimar Bagh and Suman Kumar Gupta will contest from Chandni Chowk.
However, the BJP did not name its candidate against AAP leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday with Tiwari saying the candidate from New Delhi seat will be announced soon.
After the announcement, Tiwari also claimed that his party is confident of a win in Delhi, where it has been out of power since 1998.
The state BJP president Manoj Tiwari said 11 of the candidates are from the Scheduled Caste (SC) community and four are women. Tiwari also said the names of the remaining 13 candidates will be announced later.
The BJP has also fielded former AAP leader Anil Vajpayee. He has been given a ticket from Gandhinagar.
Surprisingly, the BJP has held back the name of the leader who will be contesting against Arvind Kejriwal in New Delhi constituency.
Here are the names of 57 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: Ravi 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
Elections for 70 seats in Delhi will be observed as triangular contest between ruling AAP, BJP and Congress. The voting will be held on 8 February and counting will be done on February 11.
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