Delhi Assembly Polls: Congress releases second list of 26 candidates

The Congress on Tuesday released its second list of 26 candidates for the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls. The party has fielded Farhad Suri from Jangpura against senior Aam Aadmi Party leader and former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. 

In addition, Asim Ahmed Khan has been given the ticket from Matia Mahal, Raghuvinder Shokeen from Matiala, Mukesh Sharma from Uttar Nagar, Rajesh Lilothia from Seemapuri, Devinder Sehrawat from Bijwasan, Dharmpal Chandela from Rajouri Garden,



Gurcharan Singh Raju from Krishna Nagar among others. 

The list was released soon after the Congress' top leadership cleared the names of the 26 candidates for the assembly elections. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi participated in the CEC meeting via video conferencing while Delhi in-charge Qazi Mohammad Nizamuddin and Delhi unit chief Devender Yadav, among other members of the CEC, were physically present at the AICC headquarters in the national capital.