Delhi Cong chief’s daughter, Kirti’s wife among 54 picks

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Delhi Cong chief’s daughter, Kirti’s wife among 54 picks

Sunday, 19 January 2020 | Sapna Singh | NEW DELHI

The Congress on Saturday released its first list of candidates for 54 Assembly seats for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections. The party has fielded 10 SC and women candidates so far.

Interestingly, the Congress has not decided the name of its candidate for the New Delhi seat against Arvind Kejriwal, while Lakshman Rawat has been fielded against Deputy CM Manish Sisodia from Patparganj.

Delhi Congress chief   Subhash Chopra’s daughter Shivani Chopra got ticket from Kalkaji, while Poonam Azad, wife of Kirti Azad, is contesting from Sangam Vihar constituency.

Former AAP MLA from Chandni Chowk Alka Lamba too got the poll ticket. She will contest from the same constituency, while former AAP leader Adarsh Shastri got ticket from Dwarka.

Former Delhi Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely is contesting from Gandhi Nagar and former Union Minister Krishna Tirath from Patel Nagar. Former Minister Ashok Kumar Walia will contest from Krishna Nagar constituency, Haroon Yusuf from Ballimaran, Mateen Ahamad from Seelampur.

While Narela is Jat dominated constituency, Congress has fielded its Jat candidate - Sidaharth Kundu, Mukesh Goel will contest from Adarsh Nagar and Mandeep Singh will fight from Nangloi Jat.

From Karol Bagh, Gaurav Dhanak and Yaduraj Chaudhary will cntest from Ambedkar Nagar Constituency while Pradeep Kuamr Pandey got ticket from Rithala. Congress leader Jai Kishan will contest from Sultanpuri and Dr Naresh Kumar from Mundka assembly.  Dr SP Singh will contest election from  Gokulpaur.

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