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Sandeep Dikshit To Challenge Arvind Kejriwal In 2025 Elections
Delhi Election:-The Congress party has fielded former Member of Parliament (MP) Sandeep Dikshit from New Delhi seat in the national capital in the upcoming assembly elections. Sandeep featured in the party's first list of 21 candidates for the Delhi assembly polls released on Thursday.
Sandeep's late mother and former Delhi Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit, had represented the seat for three straight terms until 2013, when she was defeated by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal.
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Kejriwal, AAP national convener and former chief minister, has held the seat since 2013. Kejriwal won the seats in 2015 and 2020 as well.
Kejriwal is likely to contest from the seat again. The AAP has so far declared two lists with 31 names. The candidate for New Delhi seat has not been announced yet.
If Kejriwal contests the 2025 assembly election in Delhi from New Delhi seat, it will be a high-stakes political face-off.
The Congress and the AAP are partners in INDIA bloc but are rivals in Delhi and Punjab. Earlier this week, Kejriwal ruled out any possibility of alliance with the Congress in the upcoming assembly polls in the national capital.
High-stakes battle
In 1993, Kirti Azad won from New Delhi assembly seat on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket. Sheila Dikshit won the seat as a Congress candidate in 1998, 2003 and 2008.
Kejriwal won from New Delhi seat in 2013 defeating Sheila Dikshit by over 25,000 votes. He won the seat again in 2015 defeating BJP's Nupur Sharma by over 31,000 votes.
Delhi Election:-The Congress party has fielded former Member of Parliament (MP) Sandeep Dikshit from New Delhi seat in the national capital in the upcoming assembly elections. Sandeep featured in the party's first list of 21 candidates for the Delhi assembly polls released on Thursday.
Sandeep's late mother and former Delhi Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit, had represented the seat for three straight terms until 2013, when she was defeated by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal.
Also Read | AAP Poll Special: Arvind Kejriwal promises ?2,100 per month to women
Kejriwal, AAP national convener and former chief minister, has held the seat since 2013. Kejriwal won the seats in 2015 and 2020 as well.
Kejriwal is likely to contest from the seat again. The AAP has so far declared two lists with 31 names. The candidate for New Delhi seat has not been announced yet.
If Kejriwal contests the 2025 assembly election in Delhi from New Delhi seat, it will be a high-stakes political face-off.
The Congress and the AAP are partners in INDIA bloc but are rivals in Delhi and Punjab. Earlier this week, Kejriwal ruled out any possibility of alliance with the Congress in the upcoming assembly polls in the national capital.
High-stakes battle
In 1993, Kirti Azad won from New Delhi assembly seat on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket. Sheila Dikshit won the seat as a Congress candidate in 1998, 2003 and 2008.
Kejriwal won from New Delhi seat in 2013 defeating Sheila Dikshit by over 25,000 votes. He won the seat again in 2015 defeating BJP's Nupur Sharma by over 31,000 votes.
Sandeep's late mother and former Delhi Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit, had represented the seat for three straight terms until 2013, when she was defeated by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal.
Also Read | AAP Poll Special: Arvind Kejriwal promises ?2,100 per month to women
Kejriwal, AAP national convener and former chief minister, has held the seat since 2013. Kejriwal won the seats in 2015 and 2020 as well.
Kejriwal is likely to contest from the seat again. The AAP has so far declared two lists with 31 names. The candidate for New Delhi seat has not been announced yet.
If Kejriwal contests the 2025 assembly election in Delhi from New Delhi seat, it will be a high-stakes political face-off.
The Congress and the AAP are partners in INDIA bloc but are rivals in Delhi and Punjab. Earlier this week, Kejriwal ruled out any possibility of alliance with the Congress in the upcoming assembly polls in the national capital.
High-stakes battle
In 1993, Kirti Azad won from New Delhi assembly seat on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket. Sheila Dikshit won the seat as a Congress candidate in 1998, 2003 and 2008.
Kejriwal won from New Delhi seat in 2013 defeating Sheila Dikshit by over 25,000 votes. He won the seat again in 2015 defeating BJP's Nupur Sharma by over 31,000 votes.
