Congress announces 21 candidates for upcoming Delhi Assembly Election

The Congress on Thursday announced the first list of 21 candidates for the upcoming Delhi Assembly Election, with party leader and son of former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Sandeep Dikshit being fielded from the New Delhi constituency, currently represented by AAP national convenor and former CM Arvind Kejriwal. 

It is pertinent to mention that Kejriwal



defeated Sandeep's mother Sheila Dikshit in 2013 from New Delhi and became the Chief Minister for the first time. 

The Congress has given tickets to Delhi Congress chief Devender Yadav from Badli, Haroon Yusuf from Ballimaran, Abhishek Dutt from Kasturba Nagar, Adarsh Shastri from Dwarka, and former MP JP Agarwal's son Mudit Agarwal from Chandni Chowk among others.