BJP releases 2nd candidates list for Delhi polls; Kapil Mishra to contest in Karawal Nagar
The Bharatiya Janata Party released its second list of candidates for the Delhi assembly election on Saturday. Former AAP leader Kapil Mishra has been fielded in the national capital’s Karawal Nagar constituency.
In the 29-strong list, Harish Khurana has been named the party’s candidate in Moti Nagar and Priyanka Gautam in Kondli. Raj Karan Khatri has been fielded in Narela, Surya Prakash Khatri in Timarpur, Gajendra Daral in Mundka, Bajrang Shukla in Kirari, Karan Singh Karma in Sultanpur Majra, Karnail Singh in Shakur Basti and Tilak Ram Gupta in Trinagar.
Manoj Kumar Jindal has got the ticket in Sadar Bazar, Satish Jain in Chandni Chowk, Deepti Indora in Matia Mahal, Urmila Kailash Gangwal in Madipur, Shyam Sharma in Hari Nagar, Shweta Saini in Tilak Nagar, Pankaj Kumar Singh in Vikaspuri, Pawan Sharma in Uttam Nagar, Praduymn Rajput in Dwarka, Sandeep Sehrawat in Matiala, Neelam Pahalwan in Najafgarh, Kuldeep Solanki in Palam, Umang Bajaj in Rajinder Nagar, Neeraj Basoya in Kasturba Nagar and Rohtas Bidhuri in Tughlakabad.
The party has also fielded Manish Chaudhary in Okhla, Priyanka Gautam in Kondli (SC), Abhay Verma in Laxmi Nagar and Anil Gaur in Seelampur.
A former minister in Arvind Kejriwal’s previous government, Kapil Mishra had joined the BJP in 2019.
Last week, the BJP released its first list of candidates, fielding Parvesh Verma against AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal in the New Delhi assembly constituency and Ramesh Bidhuri in Kalkaji opposite chief minister Atishi.
The BJP fielded Dushyant Gautam in Karol Bagh, Manjinder Singh Sirsa in Rajouri Garden, Kailash Gehlot in Bijwasan and Arvinder Singh Lovely in Gandhi Nagar.
The BJP fielded Raj Kumar Bhatia in Adarsh Nagar, Deepak Chaudhary in Badli, Kulwant Rana in Rithala, Manoj Shokeen in Nangloi Jat, Rajkumar Chauhan in Mangolpuri and Vijendra Gupta in Rohini.
Polling for the Delhi election will take place in a single phase on February 5. The results will be declared on February 8.