BJP releases second list of 29 candidates for Delhi elections

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday released the second list of 29 candidates for the Delhi Assembly elections. The saffron party fielded Kapil Mishra and Harish Khurana for the crucial elections in the national capital. Khurana, son of former Delhi chief minister Madan Lal Khurana, will contest from the Moti Nagar constituency. 

With the second list, the party has so far named candidates for 58 seats for the elections to the 70-member Delhi Assembly. The elections are scheduled to be held on February 5 and the votes will be counted on February 8.

Kejriwal, the three-time MLA from New Delhi since 2013, is locked in an intense triangular poll



battle against two former chief ministers' sons. The BJP fielded Parvesh Verma, who is the sons of two former chief ministers of Delhi Sahib Singh Verma, while the Congress pitted former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit's son Sandeep Dikshit. Another interesting fight in the Kalkaji constituency where Delhi Chief Minister Atishi is facing a tough challenge from BJP leader Ramesh Bidhuri and Congress' Alka Lamba.

Earlier, the saffron party, which has been out of power since 1998, had released its first list of candidates, naming 29 nominees for the upcoming election a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a blistering attack against the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on January 4.