The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday fielded four of its sitting MPs from Delhi for the Lok Sabha election scheduled for May 12. Union Minister Harsh Vardhan, Delhi BJP chief and one of the party’s star campaigners Manoj Tiwari, Pravesh Verma and Ramesh Bidhuri have been fielded from the Chandni Chowk, North-East, West and South Delhi constituencies, respectively. “We will field sitting MPs on the remaining three seats if there is no alliance; if the alliance does go through, fresh faces are more than likely to be fielded,” the leader added. According to party sources, the BJP is likely to replace sitting New Delhi, East and North-West MPs Meenakshi Lekhi, Maheish Girri and Udit Raj, respectively, with former India cricketer Gautam Gambhir, East Delhi MLA Om Prakash Sharma and senior party leader Anita Arya, respectively. Dr. Vardhan, Mr. Tiwari, and Mr. Verma will file their nomination papers on Monday.

Source: The Hindu April 21, 2019 20:18 UTC