Prez’s daughter named in Cong third list for Delhi polls
17 Jan 2015 4:41 AM IST
The tickets announced so far by the Congress party has proved to be mixed bag for former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. Many of her known detractors, rather her son Sandeep Dikshit’s detractors, have been recalled to the playing team, whereas some of her known supporters have been dropped.
The Congress cleared second list with 25 candidates, in which Dikshit’s old dissidents Brahm Pal from Trilokpuri assembly seat and Jile Singh Chauhan from Burari seat have been fielded as candidates. Both were not given ticket in 2008 and 2013 assembly polls respectively.
President Pranab Mukherjee’s daughter Sharmishta will make her electoral debut in the city as she is among 15 candidates announced by Congress in its third list of candidates for Delhi Assembly polls.
She will contest from prestigious Greater Kailash constituency in South Delhi where Congress was defeated by AAP’s Sourav Bhardwaj in the assembly polls in 2013. “I feel grateful, humbled in being given this opportunity to represent my party, Indian National Congress — the party of Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Given my family background, personally for me it’s an emotional moment.
The party has fielded former MLAs Veer Singh Dhingan and Vipin Sharma from Seemapuri and Rohtas Nagar respectively. A number of new faces also figured in the party’s third list which took the total number of candidates announced so far to 64 for polls to 70-member assembly.
Another former MLA Malaram Gangwal will contest from Madipur and C P Mittal will take the electoral plunge from Hari Nagar. Madan Mohan has been fielded from Palam while Brahm Yadav has been nominated from Rajinder Nagar seat. Former Transport Minister Ramakant Goswami, a Sheila Dikshit loyalist, had represented the Rajinder Nagar seat and faced defeat in the last assembly polls.
Praveen Kumar Bhugra has been nominated from Narela seat while another young face Mukesh Goel has been fielded from Adarsh Nagar.
The Congress cleared second list with 25 candidates, in which Dikshit’s old dissidents Brahm Pal from Trilokpuri assembly seat and Jile Singh Chauhan from Burari seat have been fielded as candidates. Both were not given ticket in 2008 and 2013 assembly polls respectively.
President Pranab Mukherjee’s daughter Sharmishta will make her electoral debut in the city as she is among 15 candidates announced by Congress in its third list of candidates for Delhi Assembly polls.
She will contest from prestigious Greater Kailash constituency in South Delhi where Congress was defeated by AAP’s Sourav Bhardwaj in the assembly polls in 2013. “I feel grateful, humbled in being given this opportunity to represent my party, Indian National Congress — the party of Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Given my family background, personally for me it’s an emotional moment.
The party has fielded former MLAs Veer Singh Dhingan and Vipin Sharma from Seemapuri and Rohtas Nagar respectively. A number of new faces also figured in the party’s third list which took the total number of candidates announced so far to 64 for polls to 70-member assembly.
Another former MLA Malaram Gangwal will contest from Madipur and C P Mittal will take the electoral plunge from Hari Nagar. Madan Mohan has been fielded from Palam while Brahm Yadav has been nominated from Rajinder Nagar seat. Former Transport Minister Ramakant Goswami, a Sheila Dikshit loyalist, had represented the Rajinder Nagar seat and faced defeat in the last assembly polls.
Praveen Kumar Bhugra has been nominated from Narela seat while another young face Mukesh Goel has been fielded from Adarsh Nagar.
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