BJP big guns to join party candidates

NEW DELHI: Union ministers and top national-level office bearers of the BJP will accompany candidates during their nomination filing for the Delhi assembly polls as the party makes concerted efforts to dislodge AAP from power in the city next month.

A Delhi BJP functionary associated with the nomination filing said some candidates are likely to submit their papers on Makar Sankranti while most of them will do so on January 15 and 16.

“Many candidates are right now busy with preparing documents and other paperwork related to nomination filing,” he said.

Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari and Dharmendra Pradhan, and Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami are some of the big leaders who will attend the nomination processions of the BJP candidates, the party functionary said.

The BJP has been out of power in Delhi since 1998.

The BJP has announced candidates for 59 Delhi Assembly seats, with 11 more to be revealed soon. The last date for nominations is January 17.

Union ministers will join candidates in their nomination processions, including Dharmendra Pradhan for Ashish Sood and Anurag Thakur for Anil Sharma. Delhi elections are on February 5, with results

on February 8. agencies