Ghaziabad, March 29 -- Congress on Thursday announced Dolly Sharma as its candidate for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Ghaziabad parliamentary constituency.

The Congress, a part of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc, decided to field a local candidate against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP's) sitting MLA Atul Garg who is also a local candidate.

Sharma, an MBA by qualification, is a member of All India Congress Committee besides being a party spokesperson.

Till 2017, Sharma ran her cloth merchandising business and delved into politics when she was given a ticket from the Congress to contest the 2017 mayoral polls.

The daughter of former Congress district president, Narendra Bhardwaj, she was given tic...