The decision, which was announced by senior Congress leader and in-charge of party affairs in Delhi P C Chacko, has come two days after the AICC asked Lovely to withdraw from the contest and look after organisation of the elections.
Lovely, who was earlier nominated from the Assembly seat, had featured in Congress' first list of candidates, which also had names of seven other sitting MLAs of the party.
The Gandhi Nagar Assembly seat has been a pocket borough for Lovely.