Congress fields Vijender Singh for south Delhi constituency ahead of Lok Sabha elections

On heels of Gautam Gambhir's candidacy as  BJP's choice for  East Delhi Constituency in Lok Sabha polls, All India Congress Committee (AICC) has issued a press release on Monday, anuncing Indian Boxer Vijender Singh as its South Delhi Candidate, in upcoming polls.

He will face AAP's  South Delhi candidate, Raghav Chha, and BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri.

BIG: Gautam Gambhir Gets BJP Lok Sabha Election Ticket, Mouthwatering East Delhi Contest With AAP's Atishi Marlena And Congress' Arvinder Singh Lovely In Store

Earlier on same day,  BJP h released its 24th list for Parliamentary elections naming two candidates from NCT of Delhi. 

East Delhi- Gautam Gambhir

New Delhi- Meenakshi Lekhi

Right after a shift in career from cricket to politics, BJP entrant stoked controversy by engaging in a Twitter spat between two leers of prominent parties in Jammu and Kashmir- NC's Omar Abdullah and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti over abrogation of Section 370 and Section 35A from Constitution. 

Meanwhile, BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi recently came to light after filing a contempt plea against Rahul Gandhi wherein he mitted in Supreme Court that he me statements over his allegations in Rafale case in “heat of political campaigning”.

In a compelling triangular contest between three candidates, East Delhi will have entrant cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir, Congress' Arvinder Singh Lovely and AAP candidate Atishi Marlena. 

Earlier, BJP released its 23rd candidate list for 2019 Lok Sabha elections on Sunday where it anunced seven members whom it is fielding from constituencies across Delhi, Punjab, Uttar Presh and Mhya Presh.

Among those in list include Union Ministers Dr Harsh Vardhan who has been given ticket to fight from Chandni Chowk, and Hardeep Singh Puri will contest from Amritsar, and actor-turned-politician Maj Tiwari who will be fighting polls from rth East Delhi.

Meanwhile, former chief minister of Delhi Sheila Dikshit will lock horns with BJP's Maj Tiwari to fight out rth East Delhi seat. 

Delhi will go to polls on May 12 and results will be anunced on May 23