Delhi Elections 2025: BJP releases first list of 29 candidates, Parvesh Verma to challenge Arvind Kejriwal
By Gargi Chaudhry | First Published Jan 4, 2025, 1:15 PM ISTThe BJP released its first list of 29 candidates for the 2025 Delhi Assembly Elections, pitting key figures like Parvesh Verma against Arvind Kejriwal. The AAP has already announced all its candidates, setting the stage for a fierce contest in February.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday released the first list of 29 candidates for the forthcoming Delhi Assembly Elections 2025 and fielded several candidates, including former MP Parvesh Verma against former Chief Minister and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal. The Aam Aadmi Party has released the names of all the candidates that will be contesting in the Assembly elections. The elections in the National Capital are scheduled for February.
Former Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal will face off against former BJP MP Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma for the New Delhi seat. Former Delhi Transport Minister, Kailash Gehlot, once a close aide of Arvind Kejriwal, left AAP and joined the BJP months before the elections, and will be contesting from the Bijwasan seat.
Chief Minister Atishi's opponent in the Kalkaji seat will be Ramesh Bidhuri, a BJP MP from South Delhi until 2024. The BJP did not provide Bidhuri with a ticket for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Alka Lamba is the candidate put forth by the Congress from the Kalkaji seat.
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Arvinder Singh Lovely, who was a minister in Sheila Dikshit's cabinet from 2003 to 2013, left the Congress last year and joined the BJP, he will now be contesting from the Gandhinagar seat in east Delhi.
About Delhi elections 2025
After winning a landslide majority twice in the Assembly elections, the Aam Aadmi Party has held power since 2015. However, the BJP won all seven seats in the Lok Sabha elections, and the AAP hasn't won a single one since 2014. The BJP and AAP are expected to engage in a bitterly contested struggle in the next elections. In the previous two Delhi elections, the Congress, which has ruled the city for 15 years in a row, has failed to get any seats.
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