Congress announces Sheila Dikshit name as CM candidate for UP Assembly elections

In Indian Affairs
July 18, 2016

Former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit was today named by Congress as its chief ministerial candidate for next year’s Assembly polls in politically crucial Uttar Pradesh, citing her “experience and good work” in heading Delhi Government for 15 years.She will be up against Akhilesh Yadav of the SP and Mayawati of the BSP.

Party General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi along with Ghulam Nabi Azad has announced Dikshit’s name at a press conference in All India Congress Committee headquarters, New Delhi.

However, Dikshit has been accused of irregularities in the Rs. 400 crore water tanker scam of the Delhi Jal Board along with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. She has been accused of being involved in obtaining 385 water tankers in 2012. A FIR was also filed against her on the recommendation of a committee led by state water minister Kapil Mishra.

Sheila Dikshit

Sheila Dikshit was born on 31 March 1938 in Kapurthala, Punjab into a Punjabi Khatri family.She was educated at the Convent of Jesus and Mary School in New Delhi and graduated with a Master of Arts degree in history from the Miranda House at the University of Delhi.

Who was the Chief Minister of Delhi from 1998 to 2013. She is a member of the Indian National Congress. Dikshit led the Congress to three consecutive electoral victories in Delhi.

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