Former Indian cricket team player Gautam Gambhir will contest the Lok Sabha elections from East Delhi on the BJP ticket. In this seat, they will face Aatishi Marlena of Aam Aadmi Party and Arvinder Singh Lovely of Congress. The BJP had declared its name for the two seats of Delhi on Monday by its Lok Sabha candidates.
Since Gautam Gambhir has retired from cricket, he is openly supporting the BJP government at the Center. Gautam Gambhir has said on several occasions that the country needs Modi. Along with Gautam Gambhir, BJP has made Meenakshi Lekhi the candidate from New Delhi seat.
Gautam Gambhir, honored with the Padma Shri, had the support of BJP in the presence of Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on March 22. In 2014, the BJP had given the ticket to East Delhi by Mahesh Giri. In the 2014 general elections, BJP won all seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi. This time in Delhi, on May 12, votes will be cast for the Lok Sabha elections.
Gautam Gambhir played an IPL match against Rajasthan Royals on the occasion of Delhi's Firoz Shah Kotla in 2018. In the year 2016, he played the last Test against England. Gautam Gambhir has scored 10324 runs in Tests, ODIs and T20 matches.
Gambhir's name includes 20 centuries and 56 half-centuries. Gautam played an important role in winning India's first T20 World Cup in 2007. If the matter is done by IPL, then Gautam Gambhir had won the IPL title of Kolkata Knight Riders in 2012 and 2014.
