These names are in discussion on Congress quota seats..?
Two-time bjp mp manoj tiwari had defeated former delhi Chief minister and congress candidate sheila dikshit from North east delhi seat in 2019 by 3.6 lakh votes. According to sources, congress can field its delhi unit chief Arvinder Singh Lovely on this seat. This seat has the highest percentage of Muslim population (more than 29 percent) compared to all the parliamentary constituencies in Delhi. The name of congress youth leader Kanhaiya Kumar is also being discussed as a possible candidate from the North east delhi seat, which has a good number of Purvanchali voters and which was affected by the riots in 2020.
congress will also contest from the reserved seat of North-West delhi, from where BJP's Hansraj Hans is currently the MP. Well-known punjabi Sufi singer Hans had defeated AAP's Gugan Singh by more than 5.5 lakh votes in 2019. party sources said that Udit Raj, who won from North West delhi on bjp ticket in 2014, could be the congress candidate from the same constituency this time.
After not getting the ticket in the 2019 elections, he left bjp and joined Congress. congress will also contest from chandni Chowk constituency and there is speculation that senior party leader JP Aggarwal could be a possible candidate from this seat. He is a former mp from this constituency. Sources claimed that the congress may also consider the name of Mahila congress chief Alka Lamba, who had earlier represented the chandni Chowk assembly seat as an AAP leader. Aggarwal was defeated by BJP's harsh vardhan from chandni Chowk in 2019 by about 2.3 lakh votes.