National office-bearers Dushyant Kumar Gautam and Ashish Sood have been fielded from Karol Bagh and Janakpuri, respectively. Arvinder Singh Lovely will contest from Gandhi Nagar, while former AAP leader Kailash Gahlot is the candidate for Bijwasan.

The BJP has named 29 candidates in its first list. The 70-member Delhi Assembly will go into polls in 2025 but the Election Commission of India is yet to announce the dates. As per reports, the polls might be conducted in February this year.

Danish Ali and Bidhuri were members of the last Lok Sabha. A major row had erupted after Bidhuri made some objectionable comments in the House to target Ali, who was accused by several BJP leaders of using derogatory words for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provoke the then South Delhi MP.

Former Lok Sabha MP Parvesh Verma will contest against AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and Congress's Sandip Dixit from the New Delhi seat in a three-cornered contest.

BJP has named Parvesh Verma as its candidate for the New Delhi seat, challenging AAP's Arvind Kejriwal in the 2025 Assembly elections.

Congress leader Alka Lamba, who is the All India Mahila Congress chief, had won the Chandani Chowk seat in 2015 contesting as an Aam Aadmi Party candidate | Photo Credit: PTI

Verma exuded confidence that he will defeat Kejriwal and claimed that AAP Chief will run away from the New Delhi seat after that

The BJP on Saturday released its first list of 29 candidates for the Delhi Assembly polls, fielding former MP Parvesh Verma from the New Delhi seat against ex-chief minister and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal.

Arvind Kejriwal, AAP supremo, accused Congress and BJP of covertly collaborating ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections, urging them to formally declare their alliance. He also criticized Congress, claiming the party was no longer taken seriously,