BJP National President JP Nadda will launch the party’s manifesto, “Sankalp Patra Part – I,” for the Delhi Assembly Elections 2025 on Friday at 2 pm at the party’s State Office.
Earlier, on Thursday, the BJP released its fourth list of nine candidates for the polls, declaring 68 out of the total 70 names, leaving two seats for its allies. The party has allocated these two seats to its National Democratic Alliance (NDA) allies: Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) [JD(U)] and Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) [LJP].
The JD(U) will contest from the Burari seat, while the LJP will contest from the Deoli assembly seat. Notably, JD(U) has announced Shailendra Kumar as its candidate from Burari, while the LJP (RV) is likely to field its candidate for Deoli. Both JD(U) and LJP (Ram Vilas), which have a strong base in Bihar—a state going to polls this year—are key partners in the BJP-NDA alliance.
The BJP has fielded several heavyweights in the fray, including Dushyant Gautam from Karol Bagh, Manjinder Singh Sirsa from Rajouri Garden, and former Delhi Congress chief Arvinder Singh Lovely from Gandhi Nagar. Parvesh Verma, a former MP and son of former Delhi CM Sahib Singh Verma, will challenge Arvind Kejriwal on the New Delhi seat.
Congress has fielded Sandeep Dikshit, son of former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, for the same seat. Meanwhile, BJP has nominated its former MP Ramesh Bidhuri from Kalkaji to contest against Atishi.
A three-way contest is anticipated in Delhi among the ruling AAP, BJP, and Congress. Congress, which governed Delhi for 15 consecutive years, suffered setbacks in the last two assembly elections and failed to win any seats. AAP dominated the 2020 assembly elections, winning 62 out of 70 seats, while BJP secured eight.
Both Congress and AAP have announced their candidates for all 70 seats.
The last date for filing nominations is January 17, with scrutiny of nominations scheduled for January 18. Candidates may withdraw their nominations until January 20.
The Delhi Assembly polls will be held in a single phase on February 5, with the counting of votes scheduled for February 8.
