Will Sandeep Dixit be the face of Congress in elections?

Kokila Chokkanathan

Political stir has intensified regarding the assembly elections in Delhi. Now less than two months are left for this election. Meanwhile, the first list of candidates has also been released by the Congress. sandeep Dixit's name is also included in this. The party has fielded him from the New delhi seat of the capital Delhi. In such a situation, now the discussion has also intensified whether he will be the data-face of the Chief Minister's post from the Congress.

sandeep Dixit, who was an mp from east delhi in the year 2004 and 2009, has also claimed power in delhi earlier. However, he had to data-face defeat in the 2014 lok sabha elections. He has been taking interest in delhi politics along with his mother Sheila Dixit. Now by giving him a ticket from his mother's seat, the congress has given strength to the question that he can replace her. However, his path will not be easy here.

Will sandeep Dixit be able to avenge his mother's defeat?

Aam Aadmi party convenor arvind kejriwal contests from New delhi seat. kejriwal has defeated the then chief minister Sheila Dixit in his first election in 2013 on this seat. arvind kejriwal, who contested for the first time in the 2013 assembly elections, won by about 6 thousand votes. But, after that in the year 2015, he won from here by about 31 thousand votes. However, this figure faded in the 2020 elections and arvind kejriwal, who was dreaming of becoming the chief minister for the third time, won here by 21,697 votes.

Factionalism in congress blocked sandeep Dixit's path!

Sheila Dixit has been the chief minister of delhi for three times. She has run the government in the country's capital from 1998 to 2013. After her death, the talk of giving the command of delhi to sandeep Dixit has been raised many times within the congress party. But, according to media reports, sandeep Dixit was not allowed to come forward due to lack of consent from the faction of senior congress leader ajay Maken.

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