The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday released its first list of 57 candidates for the forthcoming Delhi Assembly elections.
While announcing the candidates’ names, Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari mentioned that of 57, 11 are from SC community, four are women.
Kapil Mishra will contest from Model Town, Vijender Gupta to contest from Rohini, Rekha Gupta from Shalimar Bagh, Suman Kumar Gupta from Chandni Chowk.
Here’s the full list of BJP candidates for Delhi Assembly Elections 2020 –
- Model Town: Kapil Mishra
- Mundka: Master Azad Singh
- Narela: Neeldaman Khatri
- Rohini: Vijendra Gupta
- Timarpur: Surendra Singh Bittu
- Kirari: Anil Jha
- Bawana: Ravindra Kumar
- Shalimar Bagh: Rekha Gupta
- Matia Mahal: Ravindra Gupta
- Dwarka: Pradyuman Rajput
- Matiala: Rajesh Gehlot
- Najafgarh: Ajit Kharkhari
- Brijwasan: Satprakash Rana
- Chandni Chowk: Suman Kumar Gupta
- Rajinder Nagar: RP Singh
- Jangpura: Impreet Singh Bakshi
- Tilak Nagar: Rajeev Babbar
- Malviya Nagar: Shailendra Singh Monty
- RK Puram: Anil Sharma
- Chhatarpur: Brahm Singh Tanwar
- Deoli: Arvind Kumar
- Ambedkar Nagar: Khushiram
- Greater Kailash: Shikha Rai
- Tughlakabad: Vikram Bidhuri
- Badarpur: Ramvir Singh Bidhuri
- Okhla: Brahm Singh
- Trilokpuri: Kiran Vaid
- Patparganj: Ravi Negi
- Lakshmi Nagar: Abhay Kumar Varma
- Vishwas Nagar: OP Sharma
- Gandhinagar: Anil Bajpai
- Rohtasnagar: Jitendra Mahajan
- Seelampur: Kaushal Mishra
- Gonda: Ajay Mahawat
The BJP had won only three assembly seats in the previous assembly elections, while the AAP had won 67. However, BJP had won all seven Lok Sabha seats in 2019, with record settings vote percentage.
While Kejriwal is relying on populist schemes, like free electricity and water besides free ride for women in the government-run buses, besides his work to boost education and health infrastructure, the BJP is eyeing to oust him from power on the Modi government’s decision to grant ownership rights to people living in unauthorised colonies and planks like the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.
Delhi goes to polls on February 8. The results will be declared on February 11.
