New Delhi, Jan 18 (UNI) A day after the BJP announced its first list of 57 candidates for the elections to the 70-member Delhi assembly to be held on February 8, the Congress on Saturday evening announced its first list of 54 candidates for the polls.
The Congress has fielded former AAP leader Alka Lamba from Chandni Chowk, senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Krishna Tirath from Patel Nagar and Delhi Congress leader Haroon Yusuf is contesting from Ballimaran seat.
Both the Congress and BJP have not announced the name of the candidates for the New Delhi seat from where Chief Minister and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal was contesting the poll.
The Congress list also includes former Delhi ministers--Arvinder Singh Lovely and AK Walia, and Poonam Azad, wife of Kirti Azad, the party's election campaign committee chairman.
Former Delhi Education Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely has been fielded from the Gandhi Nagar seat while former Delhi minister AK Walia will contest from Krishna Nagar constituency.
The Congress has announced name of Lakshman Rawat as its candidate for Patpargang seat against Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.
The list was cleared by the Central election committee of the Congress and released by AICC General Secretary Mukul Wasnik.
Poonam Azad, has been fielded from Sangam Vihar, Aam Aadmi party rebel Adarsh Shastri has been fielded from Dwarka seat, Delhi Congress working president Devender Yadav from Badli seat, Rajesh Lilotia from Mangol Puri-SC, Amandeep Singh Sudan from Rajouri Garden seat, Sumesh Shokeen from Matiala, Abhishek Dutt from Kasturba Nagar, Dr Narendra Nath from Shahdara and Ch Mateen Ahmed from Seelampur.
Alka Lamba would be pitten against former Congress leader Prahlad Singh Sawhney while Poonam Azad would be pitted against Dinesh Mohaniya of the AAP.
Shivani Chopra, daughter of three-time MLA and DPCC president Subhash Chopra, has been fielded from the Kalkaji constituency against the AAP's candidate Atishi.
The Aam Aadmi Party released its entire list of 70 candidates for the Assembly polls on Tuesday.
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