Sibal, who has held several high profile ministries, won the seat in 2004, by defeating BJP's Smriti Irani and in 2009, against BJP's Vijender Gupta by over 200,000 votes.
This time, the BJP has fielded Harsh Vardhan, the party's chief ministerial candidate for the Delhi assembly polls. The constituency has a sizeable Muslim population. Poll: April 10.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala): Union minister Shashi Tharoor, the sitting MP, will face former union minister and BJP leader O. Rajagopal, CPI-M's Bennet Abraham, a relatively non-political candidate and Ajith Joy, a former Indian Police Service officer who is contesting as an AAP candidate.
Tharoor, who lost his wife Sunanda Pushkar recently, is known to be popular among the youth. The constituency has a large number of educated government employees populating the urban areas.
Rajagopal is a popular name in the state, from the time he was union minister of state for railways and parliamentary affairs during the NDA rule. Poll: April 10.
Ghaziabad(Uttar Pradesh): The fight for the Ghaziabad seat would prove interesting with the AAP's senior leader Shazia Ilmi to fight against former army chief V.K. Singh of the BJP.
The seat falls in the National Capital Region (NCR) where AAP enjoys support. The seat was represented by BJP president Rajnath Singh, who is now contesting from Lucknow. The Congress nominee is actor Raj Babbar. Poll: April 10.
