Delhi Elections 2025: Arvind Kejriwal to file nomination from New Delhi seat today

Delhi Elections 2025: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal will file nomination papers from the New Delhi assembly constituency on Wednesday for the upcoming elections. “Today I am going to file my nomination,” Kejriwal said in a post on X on Wednesday.

He said he will be accompanied by “mothers and sisters from all over Delhi”. He said he will visit the Valmiki Temple and Hanuman Temple before filing his nomination.

“Before filing nomination, I will go to Valmiki Temple and Hanuman Temple to seek Lord's blessings,” Kejriwal said.

Kejriwal will contest the Delhi Assembly Election 2025 against BJP's Parvesh Verma and Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit from the New Delhi seat.

Kejriwal has been holding the New Delhi seat since 2013.

Delhi Election dates:

Voting for the 70-member Delhi Assembly is scheduled to be held on February 5 and the counting of votes will be taken up on February 8.

As the polling date nears, the AAP and the BJP have started targeting each other. On Tuesday, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal claimed that the Delhi Assembly Elections would uncover the long-standing alliance between the Congress and the BJP, describing it as a “jugalbandi.”

Meanwhile, BJP leader Amit Malviya retorted on X and said, "Worry about the country later, save your New Delhi seat for now."

In a post on X, Kejriwal said, “I said just one line about Rahul Gandhi and the reply is coming from the BJP. Look how much trouble the BJP is facing. Perhaps this Delhi election will expose the 'Jugalbandi' going on behind the scenes between Congress and BJP for years.”

The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced its candidates for all 70 assembly seats. Meanwhile, the BJP announced its candidates for 59 seats. The Congress declared a total of 64 candidates for the elections for the 70-member Delhi Assembly.

The last date for filing nominations is January 17. The date for scrutiny of nominations is January 18. The last date for withdrawal of candidature is January 20.

The Congress, which was in power for 15 consecutive years in Delhi, has suffered setbacks in the last two assembly elections and has failed to win any seat. In contrast, the AAP dominated the 2020 assembly elections by winning 62 out of 70 seats while the BJP got only eight seats.

(With inputs from agencies)