Lok Sabha polls: Congress announces candidate list for Delhi, Sheila Dikshit to contest
New Delhi, Apr 22 (IBNS): Delhi Congress chief Sheila Dikshit to contest the Lok Sabha polls as the country's oldest political outfit announced its candidate list on Monday.
Dikshit, the former Delhi Chief Minister, is contesting from North East Delhi.
Congress announced the list of candidates for six out of seven seats.
Dikshit, 81, has recently taken charge of the Congress party in Delhi.
Congress Central Election Committee announces candidates for the ensuing elections to the Lok Sabha from NCT of Delhi. pic.twitter.com/MLnHg8eHlP
— Congress (@INCIndia) April 22, 2019
Despite talks with Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Congress is fighting solo in the Union Territory.
Both the parties have been blaming each other for failing to stitch an alliance to defeat Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
In the 2014 assembly elections, BJP had won all seven seats.
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