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BJP calls for new list of candidates for Delhi LS seats

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Mar 25 2019 | 9:46 PM IST

The BJP has asked its Delhi unit and city Lok Sabha poll in-charge Nirmala Sitharaman to send a fresh list of shortlisted candidates for the seven Lok Sabha constituencies here, sources said on Monday.

The sources claimed the party was "unhappy" with its Delhi unit objecting to celebrities being considered to contest the upcoming polls and directed the unit to rework the list of candidates it had submitted to the central leadership.

"The central leadership wants more recommendations from the state unit since they feel that Delhi being a key unit has to play a more proactive role," a party functionary said.

The party leadership has directed Sitharaman,
The unit had forwarded names of some of its

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First Published: Mar 25 2019 | 9:46 PM IST

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