The Congress on Thursday night released its first list of 21 candidates for the upcoming Delhi assembly election.The list was released after the party's party's central election committee chaired by Mallikarjun Kharge held a meeting with its top leaders in Delhi. The party has fielded city unit chief Devender Yadav from Badli and ex-MP Sandeep Dikshit from New Delhi. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is the sitting MLA from New Delhi.The Congress also fielded ex-Delhi minister Haroon Yusuf from Ballimaran, ex-Delhi Congress chief Chaudhary Anil Kumar from Patparganj, national spokesperson Ragini Nayak from Wazirpur and Adarsh Shastri from Dwarka.
The Central Election Committee has selected the following persons as Congress candidates for the ensuing elections to the Delhi Legislative Assembly pic.twitter.com/LbaV5X7YgE
— Congress (@INCIndia) December 12, 2024
Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, CEC members Ambika Soni, Salman Khurshid, T S Singh Deo and Mushusudan Mistry were among those present at the meeting. Delhi Congress chief Devendra Yadav was also present during the deliberations.
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