BJP yet to announce candidates for 13 Vidhan sabha seats — New Delhi, Delhi Cantt, Rajouri Garden among the seats still vacant

• BJP has not yet declared the name of the candidate who will be fighting against Arvind Kejriwal from New Delhi.
  
• Moreover, BJP is still to field candidates in 13 Vidhan Sabha Seats.
• Earlier this week, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) also released the list of all the 70 candidates fighting in the elections.

The BJP released the list of candidates for the upcoming Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Elections in Delhi. However, it announced the names of only 57 candidates against a total of 70 vidhan sabha seats. Hence, candidates for 13 lok sabha seats — Burari, Nangloi Jat, Rajouri Garden , Hari Nagar, Delhi Cantt, New Delhi, Kasturba Gandhi, Mehrauli, Sangam Vihar, Kalkaji, Krishna Nagar, Shahdara, Seema Puri — are not announced yet.

Check the BJP Candidate list here

This time, Kapil Mishra, ex-AAP MLA who was ousted from the party earlier, has been fielded from Model Town. Further, BJP has fielded Ramvir Singh Bidhuri from Badarpur and Ravi Negi is fielded against Deputy CM Manish Sisodia.

BJP might go to the polls without any CM candidate. The party earlier unanimously said it will decide the CM candidate after poll results are out.

Earlier this week, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) also released the list of all the 70 candidates fighting in the elections.

Check Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate list for Delhi Election 2020 here.

Delhi Assembly Election 2020: Date, Candidate list and other important details

As the 70 member assembly term approaches its end on February 22, the Election Commission of India announced the schedule for Delhi elections. The assembly polls will commence on February 8, 2020.

The three main parties contesting elections constitute the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Indian National Congress (INC).

In 2015 assembly elections, Arvind Kejriwal was elected as the Chief Minister of the state. He is now eyeing a re-election in the upcoming assembly polls. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won the 2015 election — winning 67 of the 70 assembly seats while the three seats went to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

This is the first time that the national capital is going to polls after the Lok Sabha elections. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP bagged all the seats in Delhi.

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