Delhi Polls: BJP Unveils Second List of 29 Candidates, Features Kapil Mishra and Harish Khurana

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ended suspense over names of candidates for the impending Delhi Assembly Elections on Saturday releasing its second list of candidates.

As many as 29 candidates are on the second list which includes Delhi BJP Vice President Kapil Mishra, and Delhi BJP Secretary Harish Khurana.

Both Kapil Mishra and Harish Khurana will seek their electoral fortunes from separate constituencies during the elections in Delhi.

Both have been vocal and loud in criticizing and condemning the 'flawed policies and failed promises' of Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

Other notable names include Abhay Verma, the sitting legislator from Laxmi Nagar. He has been retained on account of good performance.

The party has dropped some serving legislators from key constituencies like Chandni Chowk, Shakur Basti on account of 'poor public connect', according to reports.

With the announcement of 29 names in the first as well as the second list, there are 12 more nominees yet to be announced for election to the 70-member Assembly.

According to party insiders, the rest of 12 names will also be announced in the next few days after the BJP brass gives the go-ahead on their proposed candidature.

For the bitter battle, Kejriwal's AAP is the only party which has declared names of all 70 candidates. Congress has declared three lists of candidates constituting 48 in total.

BJP has declared its second list of candidates so far and its tally of candidates have gone up to 58.

Some constituencies which would witness election battles with high stakes include New Delhi constituency where AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, BJP's Parvesh Verma and Congress' Sandeep Dikshit lock horns.

Kalkaji is the other constituency which will be keenly watched by pollsters and political watchers. Congress' Alka Lamba and BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri are pitted against AAP CM Atishi, seeking fresh polls from the constituency.