PM Modi, Amit Shah among other BJP bigwigs to campaign in Delhi Assembly election

The BJP has released a list of 40 prominent leaders who will campaign for the ongoing Delhi Assembly election. The list boasts big names, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.

A high-stakes poll battle is underway, with leaders from AAP, BJP, and Congress rigorously campaigning for their prospective candidates. Recently, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi led a massive rally in the Muslim-dominated Seelampur area of northeast Delhi, where he criticised Prime Minister Modi and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal, accusing them of being “dishonest and making empty promises”.

BJP’s other star campaigners include party president JP Nadda, Union Ministers Piyush Goyal, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Nitin Gadkari, Manoharlal Khattar, Dharmendra Pradhan, Sardar Hardeep Singh Puri, and Giriraj Singh.

Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled states, such as Yogi Adityanath, Devendra Fadnavis, Himanta Biswa Sarma, Mohan Yadav, Pushkar Singh Dhami, Bhajan Lal Sharma, and Nayab Singh Saini, have also found mention in the list released today.

Other party leaders who are part of the list are Virendra Sachdeva, Baijayant Jay Panda, Atul Garg, Dr Akla Gurjar, Harsh Malhotra, Keshav Prasad Maurya, Prem Chand Bairwa, Samrat Chaudhary, Dr Harshvardhan, Hans Raj Hans, Manoj Tiwari, Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, Yogender Chandolia, Kamaljeet Sehrawat, Praveen Khandelwal, Sushri Bansuri Swaraj, Smriti Irani, Anurag Thakur, Hema Malini, Ravi Kishan, Dinesh Lal Yadav (Nirahua), and Sardar Raja Iqbal Singh.

So far, BJP has released a list of 59 out of 70 candidates, while AAP has announced candidates for all 70 seats, and the Congress has announced 63 candidates.