Goel to head Delhi BJP poll panels

Delhi BJP chief Vijay Goel will head the poll panels set up Sunday for the assembly elections in the capital slated for November.

The 24-member election committee will include Delhi assembly's Leader of Opposition Vijay Kumar Malhotra and former health minister Harsh Vardhan and former Delhi unit chief Vijender Gupta, among others, said a party statement.

The names of the members of a 54-member election core group were also announced. The group includes former chief minister Madan Lal Khurana, former mayor Aarti Mehra and party's national secretary Vani Tripathi.

Former national president of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Nitin Gadkari is in-charge of party affairs in Delhi.