Delhi Assembly Elections 2025: The Congress on Tuesday released its second list of 26 candidates for the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls. The party has fielded Farhad Suri from Jangpura against senior Aam Aadmi Party leader and former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. In addition, Asim Ahmed Khan has been given the ticket from Matia Mahal, Raghuvinder Shokeen from Matiala, Mukesh Sharma from Uttar Nagar, Rajesh Lilothia from Seemapuri, Devinder Sehrawat from Bijwasan, Dharmpal Chandela from Rajouri Garden, Gurcharan Singh Raju from Krishna Nagar among others.
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Congress top brass cleared names
The list was released soon after the Congress' top leadership cleared the names of the 26 candidates for the assembly elections. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi participated in the CEC meeting via video conferencing while Delhi in-charge Qazi Mohammad Nizamuddin and Delhi unit chief Devender Yadav, among other members of the CEC, were physically present at the AICC headquarters in the national capital.
Congress' first list of candidates
Earlier on December 12, the party had released its first list of 21 candidates, fielding ex-MP Sandeep Dikshit from New Delhi, setting up a potential contest between him and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal. Former Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal is the sitting MLA from New Delhi. The Congress also fielded its Delhi chief Devender Yadav from Badli, 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.
Delhi Assembly Elections 2025
The Legislative Assembly elections of Delhi for all 70 constituencies are scheduled to be held on or before February 2025. The previous Assembly elections were held in February 2020. After the election, the Aam Aadmi Party formed the state government, with Arvind Kejriwal becoming Chief Minister for a third term. The tenure of the 7th Delhi Assembly is scheduled to end on 15 February 2025.
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