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This Article is From Apr 22, 2019

Election 2019: BJP Fields Gautam Gambhir, Meenakshi Lekhi From Delhi

BJP fields Gautam Gambhir from East Delhi, Meenakshi Lekhi from New Delhi.

Election 2019: BJP Fields Gautam Gambhir, Meenakshi Lekhi From Delhi
(Source: PTI)

The Bharatiya Janata Party fielded former cricketer Gautam Gambhir from the East Delhi constituency and renominated Meenakshi Lekhi from New Delhi.

The party has so far announced its candidates for six of the seven seats in the national capital.

Gambhir has replaced Maheish Girri as the party's candidate and will take on Arvinder Singh Lovely of the Congress and Atishi of the Aam Aadmi Party.

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Lekhi is pitted against AAP's Brajesh Goel and Ajay Maken of the Congress.

The BJP had on Sunday fielded its four sitting MPs from Delhi -- Harsh Vardhan from Chandni Chowk, Manoj Tiwari from North-east Delhi, Pravesh Verma from West Delhi and Ramesh Bidhuri from South Delhi.

The party is yet to name its candidate for the North-west Delhi constituency.

The BJP had won all seven seats in the national capital in the last election.

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