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Delhi Election 2025: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday has announced its first list for the upcoming Delhi assembly polls due in February. While Parvesh Verma will be contesting on the New Delhi seat against AAP's convenor Arvind Kejriwal, Ramesh Bidhuri will be contesting against the Chief Minister Atishi. Newly joined Kailash Gehlot will contest on the Bijwasan seat. 

Delhi | BJP releases its first list of the candidates for #DelhiElection2025

Parvesh Verma to contest from New Delhi assembly seat against AAP's Arvind Kejriwal; Dushyant Gautam from Karol Bagh, Manjinder Singh Sirsa from Rajouri Garden, Kailash Gehlot from Bijwasan, Arvinder… pic.twitter.com/jcvaW418U8

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The saffron party has announced candidates on 29 out of the total 70 seats. While the party has fielded Ravindra Singh Negi from Patparganj, Dushyant Gautam will contest from Karol Bagh. The party has fielded Manjinder Singh Sirsa from Rajouri Garden, and Arvinder Singh Lovely from Gandhi Nagar. 

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Earlier on December 15, the Aam Aadmi Party released its fourth and final list of 38 candidates for the assembly polls. AAP announced candidates on several of the high profile seats in its last list. Party's convenor Arvind Kejriwal will be contesting from the New Delhi constituency while CM Atishi will once again contest from Kalkaji. Saurabh Bharadwaj will be contesting from Greater Kailash.

Besides, Union Home Minister Amit Shah slammed Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly building a lavish residence for himself. "Some children came to meet me at my home. I asked them, what Arvind Kejriwal had done for Delhi? One of the children said that he built a big Sheesh Mahal for himself. When he (Arvind Kejriwal) came into politics, he used to say that he would not take a government car or a government bungalow, today, he built a Sheesh Mahal using Delhiites' money. Kejriwal ji, you will have to give an account to the people of Delhi," Shah said in a rally in Delhi.

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All the political parties are running a fierce campaign to form the government in the national capital. While the ruling Aam Aadmi Party is looking for a hat trick of landslide victories, the BJP is fighting to form the government in the state after almost two decades. The Congress is contesting to end the drought of victories and bring back the golden days when the grand old party seemed unbeatable.