Congress releases list of 21 candidates for Delhi assembly elections, fielding Sandeep Dikshit against Arvind Kejriwal’s home candidate

The Congress releases a list of 21 candidates for the Delhi assembly elections, pitting Sandeep Dikshit against Arvind Kejriwal's home candidate

NEW DELHI: The All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Thursday announced its list of 21 candidates for the upcoming Delhi assembly elections 2025. The party fielded Sandeep Dikshit, son of former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit, against AAP convener and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in the New Delhi constituency.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is yet to confirm whether Arvind Kejriwal will contest from his New Delhi seat or move to another constituency.
The list includes candidates from different constituencies such as Aruna Kumari (Narela), Mangesh Tyagi (Burari) and Shivank Singhal (Adarsh Nagar). For Sultanpur Majra (SC) constituency, Jai Kishan has been selected while Jay Prakash will contest from Ambedkar Nagar (SC). Senior Congress MP Haroon Yusuf has been fielded from Ballimaran and Ragini Nayak will contest from Wazirpur.
Other notable candidates include Anil Kumar (Patparganj) against AAP candidate Avadh Ojha, Devender Yadav (Badli) and Abhishek Dutt (Kasturba Nagar). With this list, the party aims to strengthen its presence in the Delhi Assembly and showcase a mix of experienced leaders and new faces.

Full list of candidates released by AICC:

Narela -Smt. Aruna Kumari
Burari -Mangesh Tyagi
Adarsh Nagar – Shivank Singhal
Badli – Devender Yadav
Sultanpur Majra (SC) – Jai Kishan
Nangloi Jat -Rohit Chaudhary
Shalimarbagh – Praveen Jain
Wazirpur -Smt. Ragini Nayak
Sadar Bazaar – Anil Bhardwaj
Chandni Chowk -Mudit Agarwal
Ballimaran -Haroon Yusuf
Tilak Nagar -PS Bawa
Dwarka -Adarsh Shastri
New Delhi -Sandeep Dikshit
Kasturba Nagar -Abhishek Dutt
Chhatarpur – Rajinder Tanwar
Ambedkar Nagar (SC) -Jay Prakash
Great Kailash -Garvit Singhvi
Patparganj – Ch. Anil Kumar
Seelampur -Abdul Rehman
Mustafabad -Ali Mahndi

Meanwhile, on his nomination from New Delhi constituency, Sandeep Dikshit said, “I would like to thank the party for giving me this opportunity. For the last 10 years I have called out this government whenever it has failed to deliver or do something. “Failure, I’ve been saying that for eight years. Whenever this government’s corruption is exposed, people will find it hard to believe how corrupt a government can be… He is the only Prime Minister who has such a cheap way of working… This election will be about to decide whether such a chief minister should be elected in any state…If you meet the people of Delhi, they will all say that what Delhi is today is because of Sheila Dixit…Our main aim is Win the people of Delhi and let them believe that the Delhi of their dreams is just through the Congress can be realized.”