MCD polls: Congress releases list of 249 candidates, more than half are women

The party is only making four siting councillors contest from their current wards: Seema Tahira from Bazaar Sita Ram, Sulakshana from Ram Nagar, Sushila Khorwal from Dev Nagar and Darshna from Siddharth Nagar.

By: Express News Service

New Delhi | Updated: November 14, 2022 08:02 AM IST

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For the Congress, which once boasted of Kheda and Anand districts as its bastions, the results on Tuesday meant that the party was reduced to a naught in three — Mehmadabad, Dakor and Mahuda

The Congress released a list of 249 candidates for the upcoming Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) polls late Sunday evening, of whom more than half are women.

In the last civic polls, the party had cornered seats in 30 wards, leaving it in the third position behind the BJP and AAP. The party is only making four siting councillors contest from their current wards: Seema Tahira from Bazaar Sita Ram, Sulakshana from Ram Nagar, Sushila Khorwal from Dev Nagar and Darshna from Siddharth Nagar. Among the prominent faces not contesting again is two-time councillor and current national secretary (Karnataka state) Abhishek Dutt. Of the 249 candidates, at least 129 are women candidates. The party has not listed a candidate from the East Patel Nagar ward.

“I am pleased to announce the approved list of Congress candidates for MCD election 2022. Best wishes to all warriors,” said Delhi Congress chief Anil Chaudhury on Twitter while releasing the list of candidates.

AAP released its final list of candidates Saturday while the BJP has released its first list of candidates. Monday is the last date for candidates to file their nominations.

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