The party pitted former MP Parvesh Sahib Singh against AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal from the New Delhi seat
| | | The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its first list of 29 candidates for the upcoming Delhi assembly elections on Saturday, setting up high-profile contests by fielding former parliamentarians on two key seats and announcing the names of four former state cabinet ministers from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Congress. | THE DAILY QUIZ 16 sunsets and 16 sunrises in 24 hours. New Year’s day was one-of-a-kind for Sunita, Butch, Don, Alexey, Ivan, Nick and Aleksandr. Cai, Song and Wang were not with them, but they weren’t far from them either. These are the only 10 humans there right now. Where? a. North Pole
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d. Deep sea TAKE THE FULL QUIZ | | THE BIG STORY Delhi set for key battles as BJP releases first list The party pitted former MP Parvesh Sahib Singh against AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal from the New Delhi seat and former parliamentarian Ramesh Bidhuri against chief minister Atishi from Kalkaji. It also announced the names of former AAP ministers Kailash Gahlot and Raj K Anand from Bijwasan and Patel Nagar, former Delhi Congress chief and cabinet minister Arvinder Singh Lovely from Gandhi Nagar, and former Congress minister Raj Kumar Chauhan from Mangolpuri. The BJP also fielded former Congress MLA Tarvinder Singh Marwah against senior AAP leader and former deputy CM Manish Sisodia from Jangpura. “I thank the BJP leadership for giving me the opportunity to contest the election from New Delhi. I hope that I will live up to the trust that the party has shown in me. We have to save Delhi from ‘AAPda’ (disaster)…We have to do a lot of work,” Parvesh, who is the son of former Delhi chief minister Sahib Singh Verma, said. He was earlier an MP from the West Delhi Lok Sabha seat. Read more. | | THE BIG QUESTION What did Amit Shah say about Kejriwal over ‘Sheesh Mahal’? Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday accused Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kerjriwal of using the money of Delhi’s residents to build a “Sheesh Mahal” (shimmering palace) and ignoring the Capital’s infrastructure. “Despite having the opportunity to focus on the development of Delhi’s infrastructure over a period of 10 years, instead of prioritising development, the focus was shifted to constructing a Sheesh Mahal,” Shah said. Shah made the remarks at the inauguration of Sushma Bhawan, a working women’s hostel block developed by the New Delhi Municipal Council, at Laxmi Bai Nagar. The AAP hit back, pointing to the alleged worsening of the law-and-order situation in Delhi, which falls under the purview of the central government. Read more. | STORIES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED | | | | PHOTO OF THE DAY Foggy blues can't dull the shine of red | | Were you forwarded this email? Did you stumble upon it online? Sign up here. | | Written and edited by Abhirup Sengupta. Produced by Md Shad Hasnain. | | | | | | | Get the Hindustan Times app and read premium stories | | | | | | View in Browser | Privacy Policy | Contact us You received this email because you signed up for HT Newsletters or because it is included in your subscription. Copyright © HT Digital Streams. All Rights Reserved | | | | |  | |
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