HIGHLIGHTS | Delhi Elections 2025: Congress Releases Its Fifth List, Names Five Candidates

Delhi Assembly Polls 2025 Live: Delhi is set to go to polls in a single phase on February 5. The counting is set to take place on February 8.

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Delhi Elections 2025 Live: Delhi is set to go to polls in a single phase on February 5. The counting is set to take place on February 8. 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. A three-way contest is on the cards in Delhi between the ruling AAP, BJP, and Congress.

After a historic win of 67 out of 70 seats in 2015, AAP dominated the 2020 assembly elections as well by winning 62 out of 70 seats while the BJP got eight seats. 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.

As many as 56 candidates filed their nominations on Tuesday for the February 5 Delhi Assembly elections, according to the Chief Electoral Officer. So far, 85 nominations have been filed, with 20 submitted on January 13 and nine on January 10. The prominent candidates who filed their nominations are Chief Minister Atishi from Kalkaji and her challenger Alka Lamba. AAP MLA Somnath Bharti from Malviya Nagar has also filed his nomination.

The Aam Aadmi Party took out a "wedding procession" without a groom on Tuesday as hundreds of party volunteers and leaders, including Sanjay Singh, joined it, in a dig at the BJP for not announcing its chief ministerial face for the Delhi Assembly polls.

The "Bin Dulhe Ki Barat", complete with a bedecked horse without a groom and a band party playing ceremonial music, was taken out from Todapur in the New Delhi Assembly segment, being contested by AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal. Former Delhi mayor Shelly Oberoi also took part in the procession.

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17 January 2025

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23:48 IST

Delhi Assembly Elections Live Updates: Congress Releases 5th List Of Candidates

Congress releases its 4th list of 5 candidates for upcoming Delhi Elections.

Congress releases its 4th list of 5 candidates for #DelhiElections2025 pic.twitter.com/KBg01K8ko9

— ANI (@ANI) January 15, 2025

22:59 IST

Delhi Assembly Polls Live Updates: Congress' Rithala Candidate Files Nomination

Congress candidate from Rithala assembly constituency Sushant Mishra filed his nomination on Wednesday.

21:36 IST

Delhi Assembly Elections: BJM MP Slams AAP's Governance 

On Delhi Elections 2025, BJP MP Tejasvi Surya says, “The Prime Minister has given an opportunity to 1 lakh youth of our country to enter politics and bring a change in politics. More than 500 student and youth politicians have joined the Bharatiya Janta Yuva Morcha... India's youth and especially Delhi's youth are fed up with AAP's poor governance..." On Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's statements, he says, "He doesn't work as an LoP but works against India, like an agent of George Soros or China's deep state... No opposition leader has ever declared an open war against the Indian state..."

20:20 IST

Delhi Polls Live Updates: PM Modi, Shah, Adityanath among BJP's 40 star campaigners

The BJP Wednesday named its 40 star campaigners for the Delhi Assembly polls, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh, as well as its seven chief ministers, including Yogi Adityanath. The list also includes Purvanchali leaders, including Bhojpuri stars and MPs Manoj Tiwari and Ravi Kishan, and Dinesh Lal Yadav Nirahua. Purvanchalis -- people from eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar -- constitute a sizeable vote bank in the national capital. Delhi will go to polls on February 5 and the results will be declared on February 8.

18:46 IST

Live Updates: Delhi BJP Chief Reacts To Naresh Balyan Case

Delhi BJP President Virendraa Sachdeva says, "... Today, AAP MLA Naresh Balyan was denied bail by the court...in West Delhi, the extortion, killing and kidnapping, all these are happening under the supervision of Naresh Balyan and other AAP leaders...today he has been denied bail by court so it is clear that he has a role in this...their various MLAs have been found guilty in different crimes by court but AAP doesn't have the guts to remove them from the party"

18:18 IST

Delhi Polls Live: BJP Slams AAP Leader Naresh Balyan

Delhi BJP President Virendraa Sachdeva said, "... Today, AAP MLA Naresh Balyan was denied bail by the court...in West Delhi, the extortion, killing and kidnapping, all these are happening under the supervision of Naresh Balyan and other AAP leaders...today he has been denied bail by court so it is clear that he has a role in this...their various MLAs have been found guilty in different crimes by court but AAP doesn't have the guts to remove them from the party."

17:47 IST

Delhi Assembly Election Live Updates: Union Minister Slams Kejriwal

On Delhi Election 2025, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri says, "Arvind Kejriwal should be nominated to Oscars...You are a one-of-a-kind magician. In 2015 and 2020, you had said that if you don't get River Yamuna cleaned, you would not ask for votes. But you are here...In 2012, you had said that had CAG not been there, Congress would have sold the country. There have been 14 CAG reports over various governance segments since 2014. Why did you not send it to the Assembly Speaker or LG?...You are lying publically..."

16:58 IST

Delhi Elections 2025: Kailash Gahlot Files Nomination

Kailash Gahlot filed his nomination for Delhi Election2025 today as BJP candidate from Bijwasan Assembly constituency.

16:20 IST

Delhi Assembly Elections: Manish Sisodia Slams Law And Order Under BJP

AAP candidate from Jangpura, Manish Sisodia says, "...Poor law and order, rapes, chain snatching, gang wars- BJP is behind all this. BJP has not been able to handle law and order here, now why should we give education and hospitals to them?...Today, the BJP is the biggest danger to jhuggi clusters in Delhi. If they come to power all jhuggis will be razed..."

14:52 IST

Delhi Polls 2025 LIVE: Kejriwal Files Nomination

In a post on social meida platform X, Delhi ex-CM Arvind Kejriwal said, "Filed my nomination today from New Delhi. The love and blessings given by the people of Delhi in the last 10 years have given me the strength and inspiration to work with full dedication and spirit of service. I have full faith that the people of Delhi will choose the politics of work this time too."

आज नई दिल्ली से अपना नामांकन दाखिल किया।

पिछले 10 वर्षों में दिल्ली की जनता ने जो प्यार और आशीर्वाद दिया, उसने मुझे पूरी लगन और सेवाभाव से काम करने की शक्ति और प्रेरणा दी है।

मुझे पूरा विश्वास है कि दिल्ली की जनता इस बार भी काम की राजनीति को चुनेगी। pic.twitter.com/BK0aqqimVi

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) January 15, 2025

12:31 IST

Delhi Elections 2025 Live: Parvesh Verma Files Nomination Papers From New Delhi Assembly Seat

BJP candidate from the New Delhi Assembly seat, Parvesh Verma files nomination papers for the 5th February Assembly elections.

#WATCH | BJP candidate from the New Delhi Assembly seat, Parvesh Verma files nomination papers for the 5th February Assembly elections pic.twitter.com/MARzcuHp4a

— ANI (@ANI) January 15, 2025

11:46 IST

Delhi Polls 2025 LIVE: Ahead Of Filing Nomination, Parvesh Verma Prays At Temple, Holds Roadshow

Before filing his nomination for the Assembly polls, former Delhi BJP MP Parvesh Verma prayed at the Gauri Shankar temple in the national capital and held a roadshow, which was attended by a large crowd. In the roadshow visuals, his supporters can be seen raising slogans in the leader's support "Bhai Parvesh Sharma Zindabad".

The leader was accompanied by his wife and two daughters. Flanked by his supporters, Verma was heading to the District Magistrate's office to file his nomination from the New Delhi constituency.

11:28 IST

Delhi Assembly Polls 2025 Live: Kejriwal's Life Under Threat?

Fresh trouble has emerged for Aam Aadmi Party's national convener Arvind Kejriwal ahead of the Delhi Assembly polls. According to the sources, intelligence agencies have shared a specific input with the Delhi Police signalling danger for the former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal from Khalistani sympathizers.

11:23 IST

Delhi Elections 2025 Live: Centre Grants ED Approval To Prosecute Kejriwal

In a fresh trouble for Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal, the Union Home Ministry has authorized the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to prosecute him under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) for his alleged involvement in money laundering related to the liquor scam case.

10:48 IST

Delhi Assembly Polls 2025 Live: Kejriwal Visits Temple Ahead Of Filing Nomination Papers

 Ahead of filing his nomination today, AAP National Convenor & Candidate From New Delhi Assembly Seat Arvind Kejriwal offered prayers at Valmiki Temple, in Delhi.

#WATCH | Ahead of filing his nomination today, AAP National Convenor & Candidate From New Delhi Assembly Seat Arvind Kejriwal offered prayers at Valmiki Temple, in Delhi#DelhiElection2025 pic.twitter.com/wrM5ucKno0

— ANI (@ANI) January 15, 2025

09:11 IST

Delhi Elections 2025 Live: Arvind Kejriwal, Parvesh Verma To File Nomination Today

Arvind Kejriwal and Parvesh Verma among other big faces of BJP and AAP are all set to file nominations today ahead of the Delhi assembly elections.

08:03 IST

Delhi Assembly Polls 2025 Live: AAP, Cong Complementary To Each Other In Looting Delhi, Says BJP State Chief Sachdeva

Delhi BJP President Virendraa Sachdeva on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and the Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal, accusing them of spreading lies and making false promises during the elections.

Speaking to ANI, Virendraa Sachdeva said, "Rahul Gandhi should look at his schemes. Wherever the elections are conducted, he lies and makes fake promises. The people are rejecting him. AAP and Rahul Gandhi are complementary to each other. Both of them have looted Delhi.The people of Delhi know them very well. Both of them are concerned only about the votes of a particular community."

Meanwhile, BJP leader Ramvir Singh Bidhuri said Rahul Gandhi has spoken half truth and half lies "Rahul Gandhi has spoken half truth and half lies. Congress party leaders have called Arvind Kejriwal an anti-national and corrupt leader. Arvind Kejriwal knows that he is going to lose the election from the New Delhi assembly seat. He is accusing Parvesh Verma of distributing money. I ask where is Parvesh Verma distributing money?,"Bidhuri told ANI.

07:28 IST

Delhi Vidhan Sabha Chunav 2025 Live: Sanjay Singh Accuses BJP Of  'Politicising' School Bomb Threat Issue

AAP MP Sanjay Singh on Tuesday accused the BJP of "politicising" the issue of bomb threats received by schools in Delhi in May 2024. "You (BJP) are politicising the issue of school children getting threats... The first threat was given in May 2024. After almost 9 months now, the Delhi police have given no statement but the BJP leader Sudhanshu Trivedi is holding a press conference. He is telling stories of different NGOs, he knows everything... There was no investigation for 10 months but now 15 days before the elections, they are narrating fabricated stories...,"AAP MP Sanjay Singh said.

This comes after the BJP stepped up its attack on Aam Aadmi Party after Delhi Police said that its probe into bomb threats to schools in the national capital has led to a juvenile.

"Few hours back you must have watched the press conference of Delhi Police Commissioner Sudhanshu Trivedi. He has been appointed as Delhi Police Commissioner and he is disclosing new things every day. The things that are not even known by police," Singh said in a press conference.

07:24 IST

Delhi Assembly Polls 2025 Live: FIR Against AAP For Posting AI-Generated Videos Of Modi, Shah On X

Delhi Police has registered an FIR against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for allegedly posting AI-generated photos and videos of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the party's official X handle, police sources said. The case was lodged under relevant sections at the North Avenue police station, they said, without giving details of the FIR.

According to the sources, they had received a complaint regarding some objectionable photos and videos of the prime minister and home minister on the official X handle of the Aam Aadmi Party. The alleged videos were posted by AAP on January 10 and January 13.

One of the videos -- which was made by the AI-deepfake technology -- showed a scene from a 90s Bollywood flick where the faces of villains were swapped with that of BJP leaders and the audio was changed to a conversation on Delhi polls, an officer said.

07:21 IST

Delhi Elections 2025 Live: Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi Campaigns In Rithala

As the battle for Delhi Assembly elections intensifies, Congress MP and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, campaigned for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections in Rithala. On Tuesday, he interacted with residents of Rithala, enjoying traditional "dahi-chura" with them on the occasion of Makar Sankranti.

Rahul Gandhi took to social media platform X to launch a scathing attack on Delhi Chief Arvind Kejriwal. Sharing a video showcasing alleged shortcomings in Delhi's infrastructure and public services, Gandhi sarcastically said, "This is Kejriwal ji's 'shining' Delhi – the so-called Paris of India!"

The scathing remark comes as the battle for Delhi heats up, with political leaders ramping up their campaigns ahead of the state elections. Meanwhile, on Monday, Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the upcoming Delhi Assembly Elections and accused the BJP and RSS of "destroying" the Constitution of the country.