Delhi Polls: Congress Names 15 Extra Candidates, Fields Ex-Union Minister Krishna Tirath from Patel Nagar – News18

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The get together additionally changed its candidate within the Gokalpur (SC) constituency, fielding Ishwar Bagri rather than Pramod Kumar Jayant
Voting for Delhi Meeting polls shall be held on February 5 and the counting is on February 8. (File picture)
The Congress Tuesday launched a listing of 15 candidates for the upcoming Delhi Meeting polls, fielding former Union minister Krishna Tirath from Patel Nagar and councillor Ariba Khan from Okhla.
The get together additionally changed its candidate within the Gokalpur (SC) constituency, fielding Ishwar Bagri rather than Pramod Kumar Jayant.
With this listing, the Congress has declared a complete of 63 candidates for the elections for the 70-member Delhi Meeting.
Moreover Tirath and Khan, the Congress’ newest listing consists of Dharam Pal Lakda from Mundka, Rajesh Gupta from Kirari, Kunwar Karan Singh from Mannequin City, Prem Sharma from Hari Nagar, Harbani Kaur from Janakpuri and Mange Ram from Palam.
The get together additionally fielded Jitender Solanki from Vikaspuri, Sushama Yadav from Najafgarh, Vishesh Tokas from R Okay Puram, Rajiv Chaudhary from Vishwas Nagar, Kamal Arora from Gandhi Nagar, Jagat Singh from Shahdara and Bheesham Sharma from Ghonda.
The Okhla constituency is predicted to witness a eager triangular contest between Ariba Khan of the Congress, BJP’s Manish Chaudhary and sitting AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan.
Ariba Khan is a Congress councillor and the daughter of former MLA Asif Mohammad Khan.
Tuesday’s listing got here hours after the Congress’ Central Election Committee met right here on the AICC headquarters right here to finalise the pending names of candidates.
The Congress, earlier this month, launched a single-name listing, fielding Mahila Congress chief Alka Lamba from Kalkaji to tackle Chief Minister Atishi. On December 24, the get together launched its second listing of 26 candidates.
It had launched its first listing of 21 candidates earlier in December, fielding ex-MP Sandeep Dikshit from New Delhi, establishing a contest between him and AAP nationwide convener Arvind Kejriwal.
Voting for Delhi Meeting polls shall be held on February 5 and the counting is on February 8.
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