In the last election, BJP had fielded eight councillors out of which four were elected as MLAs.?
North MCD mayor Yogendra Chandolia has been given ticket from Karol Bagh reserved (SC) seat while former education committee chairman Rekha Gupta and presently general secretary in Delhi BJP Rekha Gupta will contest from Shalimar Bagh. She will challenge AAP’s Vandana Kumari.
The seat was considered baton of BJP but was taken away by AAP in the last election. Two more councillors of North MCD- Azad Singh from Mundka and Rajni Abbhi from Timarpur have also been given tickets. They were fielded in the last election too, lost to AAP but have been trusted again.
B B Tyagi, chairman of standing committee in East MCD has been given ticket from Laxmi Nagar while Sanjay Jain, ward committee chairman of Shahdara North has been fielded from Seelampur. Another councillor Jitender Chaudhary has been given ticket from Gandhi Nagar. “In the last Delhi assembly election, BJP had fielded para-dropped candidates on these seats,” said a senior BJP leader. “As the councillors are directly connected to people, if have better chances,” he added.
Besides, two former Congress MLAs- S C Vats from Shakur Basti and Arvinder Sing from Deoli and three former AAP MLAs- Vinok Kumar Binny from Patpargunj, Ashok Kumar from Ambedkar Nagar and M S Dhir from Jangpur; BJP has also fielded a former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate from Okhla. Brahma Singh Bidhuri, the arch rival of BJP’s former candidate from Okhla Dhir Singh joined BJP just a week before tickets were announced. Bidhuri’s younger brother Vir Singh Bidhuri is sitting councillor of BSP and was also deputy mayor in South DMC for supporting BJP mayoral candidate. BJP has also fielded AAP’s candidate from Matia Mahal Shakel Anjum Delhlvi from Matia Mahal and former Congress leader Krishna Tirath from Patel Nagar.
North MCD mayor Yogendra Chandolia has been given ticket from Karol Bagh reserved (SC) seat while former education committee chairman Rekha Gupta and presently general secretary in Delhi BJP Rekha Gupta will contest from Shalimar Bagh. She will challenge AAP’s Vandana Kumari.
The seat was considered baton of BJP but was taken away by AAP in the last election. Two more councillors of North MCD- Azad Singh from Mundka and Rajni Abbhi from Timarpur have also been given tickets. They were fielded in the last election too, lost to AAP but have been trusted again.
B B Tyagi, chairman of standing committee in East MCD has been given ticket from Laxmi Nagar while Sanjay Jain, ward committee chairman of Shahdara North has been fielded from Seelampur. Another councillor Jitender Chaudhary has been given ticket from Gandhi Nagar. “In the last Delhi assembly election, BJP had fielded para-dropped candidates on these seats,” said a senior BJP leader. “As the councillors are directly connected to people, if have better chances,” he added.
Besides, two former Congress MLAs- S C Vats from Shakur Basti and Arvinder Sing from Deoli and three former AAP MLAs- Vinok Kumar Binny from Patpargunj, Ashok Kumar from Ambedkar Nagar and M S Dhir from Jangpur; BJP has also fielded a former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate from Okhla. Brahma Singh Bidhuri, the arch rival of BJP’s former candidate from Okhla Dhir Singh joined BJP just a week before tickets were announced. Bidhuri’s younger brother Vir Singh Bidhuri is sitting councillor of BSP and was also deputy mayor in South DMC for supporting BJP mayoral candidate. BJP has also fielded AAP’s candidate from Matia Mahal Shakel Anjum Delhlvi from Matia Mahal and former Congress leader Krishna Tirath from Patel Nagar.