“Let us again make Delhi capital of Sheila Dikshit’s dreams”: Sandeep Dikshit seeks public support for Delhi polls

New Delhi [India], January 15 (ANI): Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit on Wednesday announced that he will file his nomination for the New Delhi Assembly seat on January 16 with the blessings of his mother and the support of Delhi’s residents.

Dikshit, while emphasising his commitment to a brighter future for the national capital urged support from the public to make New Delhi “a symbol of Sheila Dikshit’s dreams” once again.

Taking to his official handle on X, Sandeep Dikshit posted, “With the blessings of my mother and the love and support of the people of Delhi, tomorrow I will file my nomination from the New Delhi Assembly seat. I will start my journey from the old Congress office at 24 Akbar Road at 10:30 am. From there I will go to Jamnagar House and formally submit my nomination papers.”

“I will carry with me the hopes and dreams of every Delhiite who believes in a brighter and better future for Delhi. On this occasion, the support and blessings of all of you are invaluable to me.Let us once again make New Delhi the capital of Sheila Dikshit’s dreams,” his post read.

Dikshit is in the electoral fray against BJP candidate Parvesh Verma and AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal.

Earlier in the day, Aam Aadmi Party Chief and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on also filed his nomination from the New Delhi seat for the Delhi Assembly Polls, scheduled on February 5.

After filing his nomination, Kejriwal asserted that a lot of work still left to be done in the national capital.

The AAP Chief has been holding the New Delhi Assembly seat since the 2015 elections. In the 2015 Assembly polls, Arvind Kejriwal defeated BJP candidate Nupur Sharma by a margin of more than 35 per cent. In the 2020 polls, Kejriwal got 46,758 votes, defeating BJP’s Sunil Kumar Yadav by a vote margin of more than 30 per cent.

The Delhi assembly polls will be held in a single phase on February 5 and the counting of votes will take place on February 8.

The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has already announced its candidates for all 70 assembly seats. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced its candidates for 59 seats.

The last date for filing nominations is January 17. The date for scrutiny of nominations is January 18. The last date for withdrawal of candidature is January 20.

The Congress, which was in power for 15 consecutive years in Delhi has suffered setbacks in the last two assembly elections and has failed to win any seat.

In contrast, the AAP dominated the 2020 assembly elections by winning 62 out of 70 seats while the BJP got only eight seats.