BJP Releases 1st List Of Candidates For Delhi Elections, Fields Parvesh Verma Against Kejriwal

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday released its first list of candidates for the upcoming Delhi assembly election. The party has fielded Parvesh Verma against AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal in the New Delhi assembly constituency.The BJP has fielded Dushyant Gautam in Karol Bagh, Manjinder Singh Sirsa in Rajouri Garden, Kailash Gehlot in Bijwasan and Arvinder Singh Lovely in Gandhi Nagar.

Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva and party leaders Kailash Gahlot, Parvesh Verma and Ramesh Bidhuri during a protest against former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.(PTI file photo)

In the list of 29 candidates for the polls to the 70-member Delhi assembly, the BJP has named former MP Ramesh Bidhuri in Kalkaji against chief minister Atishi.