Delhi Assembly Polls: AAP Fields Kejriwal From New Delhi, Atish To Contest From Kalkaji

AAP released the fourth and final list of 38 candidates for the Delhi Elections 2025.

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Delhi Assembly Elections: The Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday released its fourth and final list of 38 candidates for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections due in February. The party's national convener Arvind Kejriwal is set to contest polls from New Delhi and Chief Minister Atishi from Kalkaji.

In its bid for a third consecutive term in power in the national capital, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has nominated its senior leaders from their own constituencies. Ministers Saurabh Bharadwaj, Gopal Rai, Imran Hussain, Raghuvinder Shokeen and Mukesh Kumar Ahlawat will contest the polls from Greater Kailash, Babarpur, Ballimaran, Nangloi Jat and Sultanpur Majra respectively.

The ruling party has fielded Satyendra Kumar Jain from Shakur Basti, Durgesh Pathak from Rajinder Nagar, Ramesh Pehalwan from Kasturba Naga, Som Dutt from Sadar Bazar and Jarnail Singh from Tilak Nagar.

AAP releases the fourth and final list of 38 candidates for the Delhi Elections 2025.

Party's national convener Arvind Kejriwal to contest from New Delhi, CM Atishi from Kalkaji, minister Saurabh Bharadwaj from Greater kailash, minister Gopal Rai from Babarpur, Satyendra… pic.twitter.com/xpLwjzINNo — ANI (@ANI) December 15, 2024

Controversial Uttam Nagar legislator Naresh Balyan, arrested in an alleged extortion case, has been replaced by his wife Pooja Naresh Balyan. The AAP has also reposed faith in Mehrauli legislator Naresh Yadav, who was attacked by the Opposition parties after his conviction in a Quran sacrilege case in Punjab. Okhla legislator Amanatullah Khan, who was involved in an alleged case related to Waqf Board irregularities, has also been fielded again.

In the 2020 election, the AAP had secured 62 of the 70 seats in Delhi, solidifying its dominance in the capital's politics. The upcoming polls are expected to be a litmus test for the party's governance model and its appeal to the electorate. The Delhi Assembly polls are expected to be held in February next year.