Delhi assembly polls: AAP releases first list of 11 candidates

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) released archetypal database of 11 candidates for the assembly elections successful Delhi, which are expected to beryllium held successful aboriginal 2025.

The enactment named candidates for constituencies including Chhatarpur, Kiradi, Vishwas Nagar, Rohtash Nagar, Laxmi Nagar, Badarpur, Seelampur, Seemapuri, Ghonda, Karawal Nagar and Matiala seats.

A gathering of the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) of the enactment was held earlier successful the time astatine the residence of the party's nationalist convenor Arvind Kejriwal to finalise the archetypal list.

Delhi Chief Minister Atishi and curate and enactment person Gopal Rai were besides contiguous astatine the meeting.

As per the list, Brahm Singh Tanwar volition contention elections from Chhatarpur, Anil Jha from Kiradi, Deepak Singla from Vishwas Nagar, Sarita Singh from Rohtash Nagar, BB Tyagi from Laxmi Nagar, Ram Singh Netaji from Badarpur, Chaudhary Zubair Ahmad from Seelampur, Veer Singh Dhingan from Seemapuri, Gaurav Sharma from Ghonda, Manoj Tyagi from Karawal Nagar and Sumesh Shokeen from Matiala connected the AAP ticket.

BJP turncoats Brahm Singh Tanwar, Anil Jha and BB Tyagi and Congress defectors Chaudhary Zubair Ahmad, Veer Singh Dhinghan and Sumesh Shokeen were fixed tickets by AAP.

The enactment has denied tickets to 3 sitting MLAs namely Gulab Singh Yadav from Matiala, Rituraj Jha from Kiradi and Abdul Rehman from Seelampur.

AAP MLA from Chhatarpur constituency, Kartar Singh Tanwar, who precocious joined the BJP, was disqualified arsenic an MLA.

Assembly elections successful Delhi are apt to beryllium held successful aboriginal 2025. However, the Election Commission is yet to denote the dates. The past Assembly elections successful Delhi were held successful February 2015.
In the 2015 assembly polls, the AAP secured an implicit bulk and won 62 seats retired of 70. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) managed to triumph conscionable 8 seats portion Congress struggled to unfastened their account.

Following the win, the Aam Aadmi Party formed the authorities government, with Arvind Kejriwal becoming Chief Minister.