Kalkaji is currently represented by Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi, who won this seat in the 2020 assembly poll.

The BJP on Saturday released its first list of 29 candidates for the Delhi Assembly polls, fielding former MP Parvesh Verma from the New Delhi seat against ex-chief minister and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal.

Arvind Kejriwal, AAP supremo, accused Congress and BJP of covertly collaborating ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections, urging them to formally declare their alliance. He also criticized Congress, claiming the party was no longer taken seriously,

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday, January 4, released its first list of candidates for 29 constituencies for the Delhi assembly elections which will be held in February. The list features key candidate former west Delhi MP Parvesh Verma who will be taking on Aam Admi Party (AAP) national convenor and former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal from the New Delhi constituency.

As a member of BJP, he served two terms as an MP for West Delhi. In 2014, he was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha and re-elected in 2019 for the 17th Lok Sabha with the highest ever margin of victory in the history of Delhi,

BJP releases list of 29 candidates for Delhi Assembly elections, including prominent names like Vijender Gupta, Ramesh Bidhuri and Ashish Sood.

BJP has done well in Delhi's parliamentary polls, winning all 7 seats in last 3 elections, but its assembly poll performance has lagged, with it accounting for just 7 of capital's 70 MLAs.