Ahead of LS polls, East Delhi MP Gautam Gambhir asks BJP to ‘relieve him of political duties’

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New Delhi: Cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir, who is also the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from East Delhi, has requested party president J.P. Nadda to relieve him of his political responsibilities...

Gambhir made the announcement Saturday in a post on X, amid speculation that the BJP might not field him from his East Delhi seat in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls...

I have requested Honble Party President @JPNadda ji to relieve me of my political duties so that I can focus on my upcoming cricket commitments..

The BJPs Central Election Committee (CEC) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Thursday to deliberate upon candidates for the Lok Sabha elections in Delhi from a panel of 17-18 names that were finalised after a meeting of the Delhi unit the previous day, sources said...

After he retired from all forms of cricket in 2018, Gambhir joined the BJP months before the 2019 general election and defeated Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Atishi to clinch the East Delhi seat...

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