Sandeep Dikshit To Take On Arvind Kejriwal From New Delhi Seat; Congress Declares First List Of 21 Candidates

Congress announced its first list of 21 candidates for the upcoming Delhi assembly elections.

Ahead of the Delhi Assembly Elections, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Thursday announced its list of 21 candidates. The party has nominated Sandeep Dikshit, son of former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit from the New Delhi seat, which is also an AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal constituency.

The Central Election Committee has selected the following persons as Congress candidates for the ensuing elections to the Delhi Legislative Assembly  pic.twitter.com/LbaV5X7YgE

— Congress (@INCIndia) December 12, 2024

Congress has also fielded Aruna Kumari from Narela, Mangesh Tyagi from Burari, Shivank Singhal from Adarsh Nagar, Jai Kishan from Sultanpur Majra, Rohit Chaudhary from Nangloi Jat, Praveen Jain from Shalimarbagh, Anil Bhardwaj from Sadar Bazar and Mudit Agarwal from Chandni Chowk. Former Delhi Minister Haroon Yusuf has been fielded from Ballimaran.

PS Bawa has been fielded from Tilak Nagar, Adarsh Shastri from Dwarka, Rajinder Tanwar from Chhatarpur, Jay Prakash from Ambedkar Nagar, Garvit Singhvi from Greater Kailash, Ch. Anil Kumar from Patparganj, Abdul Rehman from Seelampur and Ali Mahndi from Mustafabad.

The list announced the meeting of the party's Central Election Committee.

The CEC meeting was held at AICC headquarters and attended by party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, party's general secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal, Devender Yadav and other leaders.