Kapil Sibal keen on contesting elections from Chandni Chowk

March 23, 2019 12:02

Expressing his interest to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Chandni Chowk, senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal said he had conveyed his desire to Delhi Congress chief Sheila Dikshit.

He said would like to be the partys face from the seat irrespective of whether there was a Congress-Aam Aadmi Party alliance. If the party gives me a ticket, I would certainly contest from Chandni Chowk, irrespective of whether there is an alliance with AAP, Sibal said.

Sibal had won twice from Chandni Chowk in 2004 and 2009 before losing to BJP leader Harsh Vardhan in 2014. He said the final decision on a seat-sharing arrangement with AAP was for party leadership to take. There are two views within the party on it and it is for the party leadership to make a final call, he said.

Sibal, who has held various important portfolios as a Union minister under the UPA government, is a member of the Rajya Sabha from UP. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2016.

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