Singer Hans Raj Hans will contest from North West Delhi constituency on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket. The announcement has come on Tuesday afternoon.
He has replaced BJP MP Udit Raj.
The announcement has come on a day when voting for the third phase of Lok Sabha elections 2019 is underway.
The general election is currently being held in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha. The counting of votes will be conducted on 23 May, and on the same day, the results will be declared.
Legislative Assembly elections in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim will be held simultaneously with the general election.