NEW DELHI: The All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Thursday announced its list of 21 candidates for the upcoming Delhi Assembly Elections 2025. The party fielded Sandeep Dikshit, son of former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit, against AAP convener and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in the New Delhi constituency.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is yet to confirm whether Arvind Kejriwal will contest from his New Delhi seat or switch to another constituency.
The list includes candidates from diverse constituencies, such as Aruna Kumari (Narela), Mangesh Tyagi (Burari), and Shivank Singhal (Adarsh Nagar). For the Sultanpur Majra (SC) constituency, Jai Kishan has been selected, while Jay Prakash will contest from Ambedkar Nagar (SC). Senior Congress leader Haroon Yusuf has been fielded from Ballimaran, and Ragini Nayak will contest from Wazirpur.
Other notable candidates include Anil Kumar (Patparganj) against AAP candidate Avadh Ojha, Devender Yadav (Badli), and Abhishek Dutt (Kasturba Nagar). The party aims to strengthen its presence in the Delhi Assembly with this list, showcasing a mix of experienced leaders and new faces.


Meanwhile, Sandeep Dikshit on being nominated from New Delhi assembly constituency said, "I want to thank the party for giving me this opportunity. In the last 10 years, I have always called out this government for whenever they failed to deliver, or made a mistake. I have been saying this for the last 8 years, whenever this government's corruption will be exposed, people will find it hard to beleive how corrupt can a government be... He is the only chief minister to have such a cheap way of working... This election will be to determine whether such a chief minister should be elected in any state... If you go out and meet the people of Delhi, they will all say whatever Delhi is today, is because of Sheila Dixit... Our main aim is win over the people of Delhi and make them believe that the Delhi of their dreams can only be delivered by Congress."