Congress Releases Second List Of 7 Candidates, Fields Romesh Sabharwal Against Kejriwal From New Delhi

The Indian National Congress (INC) on Monday released the second list of seven candidates for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections. According to the list released by the party, Romesh Sabharwal will contest against Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal from New Delhi. The party has already released a list of 54 candidates on Saturday. The last day for filing of nominations is Tuesday. Apart from Sabharwal, the other candidates in the list are Raminder Singh Bamrah from Tilak Nagar seat, Rocky Tuseed from Rajinder Nagar, Pramod Kumar Yadav from Badarpur, Amareesh Goutham from Kondli (SC) seat, Bhisham Sharma from Ghonda and Arbind Singh from Karawal Nagar seat.

Here is the list of the candidates: 

The Congress, which ruled the city for three consecutive terms from 1998 to 2013, will for the first time go in the Assembly polls in Delhi in alliance with another party. It has left four seats for its ally the Rashtriya Janata Dal.

Polling in the Delhi assembly election will be held on February 8 and the results will be declared on February 11.

BJP Gives Three Seats To JD(U), LJP For Delhi Polls

The BJP will allot two seats to the JD(U) and one to the Lok Janshakti Party in Delhi as it gears up to take on the ruling Aam Aadmi Party in the assembly polls scheduled for February 8. Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari said the party leadership has taken a decision to give two seats to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-headed JD(U) and Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan-headed LJP. JD(U) spokesperson K C Tyagi welcomed the development, saying it reminded him of the “old NDA” of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L K Advani when the BJP and its allies fought elections together.

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However, LJP leader Kali Pandey, who is his party’s in-charge for the 70-member Delhi assembly polls, said he was unaware of any such development. The LJP had earlier announced that it will contest on all seats in the national capital and name several candidates.

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