New Delhi: Congress' Lok Sabha candidates from Delhi - Sheila Dixit (North East Delhi), Ajay Maken (New Delhi), Vijender Singh (South Delhi) and Jai Parkash Aggarwal (Chandni Chowk) during a press conference, at the party's headquarter in New Delhi, on April 25, 2019. (Photo: IANS)
Only 13 out of the total 173 candidates fighting Lok Sabha elections in Delhi are women. Each of the major political parties – Congress, BJP and Aam Aadmi Party – has fielded only one woman candidate in Delhi, which goes to polls on May 12.
In 2014, 150 candidates contested the Lok Sabha polls from the national capital, of which 13 were women. Of the 13, only one -- Meenakshi Lekhi of the BJP -- got elected.
Three-time chief minister Dikshit will contest from North-East seat against state BJP chief Manoj Tiwari and AAP’s Dilip Pandey while BJP’s incumbent Lekhi will face Congress’ Ajay Maken and Aam Aadmi Party’s Brijesh Goyal in the New Delhi parliamentary constituency.
The AAP has pitted Marlena against cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir and former Delhi minister and senior Congress leader Arvinder on the east Delhi seat.
