BJP fields former mayors Harsh Malhotra, Yogendar Chandolia from East and North West Delhi LS seats

The BJP on Wednesday declared state general secretaries Harsh Malhotra and Yogendra Chandolia as the candidates of East Delhi and North West Delhi reserved seats, respectively for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.Malhotra replaced cricketer-turned-politician and East Delhi MP Gautam Gambhir, who earlier this month urged BJP chief JP Nadda to relieve him of political duties ahead of the polls citing his commitments related to cricket.

The BJP on Wednesday declared state general secretaries Harsh Malhotra and Yogendra Chandolia as the candidates of East Delhi and North West Delhi (reserved) seats, respectively for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

Malhotra replaced cricketer-turned-politician and East Delhi MP Gautam Gambhir, who earlier this month urged BJP chief JP Nadda to relieve him of political duties ahead of the polls citing his commitments related to cricket. Malhotra is the former mayor of erstwhile East Delhi Municipal Corporation.

Chandolia, a former mayor of North Delhi, was fielded by the BJP dropping outgoing MP from North West Delhi reserved constituency Hans Raj Hans who is a famous Punjabi Sufi singer.

The BJP previously announced its candidates on five of the seven Lok Sabha seats. Except for Manoj Tiwari, two time MP from North East Delhi, the BJP has replaced all its sitting MPs with new names. Tiwari will contest the Lok Sabha polls from North East Delhi seat for the third time in a row.

The BJP has fielded all the three general secretaries of Delhi unit in the Lok Sabha polls. Earlier, the lone woman general secretary of Delhi BJP Kamaljeet Sehrawat was declared as the candidate from West Delhi constituency.

State BJP president Virendra Sachdeva in a post on X congratulated Malhotra and Chandolia on being declared as party candidates, saying Delhi is ready to make Narendra Modi the prime minister for the third time in a row by ensuring victory of the party on all seven Lok Sabha seats.

The BJP is pitted against INDIA bloc partners the AAP and Congress in Delhi for the upcoming polls. Under a seat-sharing agreement, the AAP is contesting four - East Delhi, New Delhi, South Delhi and West Delhi constituencies.

The Congress is yet to announce its candidates on remaining three - North East Delhi, Chandni Chowk and North West Delhi seats it got from its Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc partner AAP.

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