New Delhi [India], March 2 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kamaljeet Sehrawat has expressed her gratitude to the party leadership after she was announced as the party candidate for the West Delhi constituency in the first list of Lok Sabha candidates declared on Saturday and said it is a huge responsibility.
“I did not even expect that, this is a big surprise for me. I have been given this huge responsibility. I would like to thank PM Narendra Modi and BJP national president JP Nadda for giving me this opportunity,” she told ANI.
“The manifesto of the BJP is yet to come. Whatever he (PM Modi) promised earlier has already been fulfilled. This time, the BJP’s manifesto will surprise people again…” she added.
BJP announced five candidates for Delhi and replaced incumbent MPs Meenakshi Lekhi, Harsh Vardhan, Parvesh Verma and Ramesh Bidhuri.
However, BJP has retained Manoj Tiwari, who will recontest from North East Delhi
A former South Delhi mayor, Kamaljeet Sehrawat replaces two-time MP Parvesh Verma. Bansuri Swaraj, daughter of former Union Minister Sushma Swaraj, will be fighting her maiden Lok Sabha election from New Delhi.
Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly, will contest from South Delhi.
Praveen Khandelwal, Secretary of the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), is BJP candidate from Chandni Chowk.
The BJP is yet to announce candidates for East Delhi and North West Delhi.
Delhi has seven Lok Sabha seats. BJP won all the seats in 2019. AAP and Congress are fighting the polls together. While AAP has announced its candidates, Congress is yet to come out with its list. (ANI)
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