BJP dumps Udit Raj, names Hans Raj

Punjabi singer Hans Raj Hans will be contesting from the North-West Delhi constituency on a BJP ticket. The party replaced its sitting MP Dr Udit Raj and named singer Hans Raj Hans as its candidate on Tuesday.

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday named singer Hans Raj Hans for the North West Delhi Lok Sabha seat, dropping the sitting MP Udit Raj.

Hans Raj will contest against Congress' Rajesh Lilothia and Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Gugan Singh.

The BJP on Sunday re-nominated four of its seven MPs from Delhi and on Monday it named the candidates in two other seats.

A former Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, Udit Raj resigned from his post and formed the Indian Justice Party in 2003.

In 2014, he announced a merger with the Bharatiya Janata Party. He contested the 2014 election on BJP ticket and won.