Delhi Assembly Elections: BJP's Sunil Yadav pitted against AAP's Kejriwal

The BJP candidate against Arvind Kejriwal for the Delhi election almost changed this morning amid reports that Sunil Yadav was upset about being pitted against the high-profile Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and had asked the ruling party to shift him to a different seat.

Sunil Yadav, a lawyer, was named in the BJP's second list of candidates announced past midnight on Monday, hours before the deadline for nominations.

This morning, reports suggested that Sunil Yadav was upset at being fielded against Arvind Kejriwal from the New Delhi assembly seat for the February 8 election.

Sources said Mr Yadav met with BJP's new president JP Nadda and requested him to assign him another seat where he would not be viewed a write-off. The young chief of the BJP's youth wing reportedly expressed the worry that this contest would end his political career. Mr Nadda, say sources, firmly told him that he would remain the candidate from New Delhi.