Apart from bigwigs of political parties, including Union Minister Kapil Sibal and BJP leader Maheish Girri, 19 other candidates also filed their nominations for the lok Sabha polls on Thursday. Delhi Election Commission said it received 29 applications from 19 candidates out of which one each was filed by Congress and BJP, two from the AAP and five were filed by Independents.
The rest were received from other registered parties, including BSP, Naya Daur Party and Bharatiya Janata Dal (Integrated), among others.
“So far 44 nominations have been received from 34 candidates from all the seven constituencies of Delhi. Five nominations each have been received from Chandni Chowk and North East Delhi constituencies on Thursday, while eight were received from East Delhi. Three nominations each have been received from West and South Delhi, while one from North West Delhi,” said an election official. The filing of nominations will continue till March 22. After scrutiny on March 24, candidates can withdraw their nominations till March 26.
On Friday, BJP’s Chandni Chowk candidate Dr Harsh Vardhan, Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit (East Delhi), Pravesh Verma, a BJP nominee from West Delhi will also file their nominations at respective returning office. Former Army Chief Gen VK Singh, who was embroiled in a major row over his age, will also file his nomination on Friday. He is BJP’s candidate from the Ghaziabad lok Sabha constituency.