AAP-Congress United In Delhi, BJP Drops 6 Of 7 MPs As Candidates
NDTV
Singer-turned-politician Manoj Tiwari is the only sitting BJP MP to retain his seat
The BJP's two lists of candidates for the Lok Sabha election send a clear signal - anti-incumbency is high on the leadership's mind as it finalises poll picks. The party may be dismissive of the Opposition's challenge in public, but the 267 nominees finalised so far suggest that it is brainstorming over every seat. And nowhere is this more evident than in national capital Delhi.
The BJP won all seven seats in Delhi in the 2014 and the 2019 elections. Despite the winning streak, the party has changed six out of its seven candidates, singer-turned-politician Manoj Tiwari being the only survivor among sitting MPs.
Out of the MPs who were dropped, Harsh Vardhan, Meenakshi Lekhi, Ramesh Bidhuri and Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma had recorded back-to-back victories in 2014 and 2019. The others dropped are cricketer-turned politician Gautam Gambhir and singer Hans Raj Hans.
