The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday released its first list of 109 candidates, which includes 49 women, for the upcoming municipal polls.
The list was finalised after it was cleared by the AAP’s Political Affairs Committee, the top decision-making body headed by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
The party claimed it has given tickets to 64 youths. Of the 49 seats alloted to female candidates, three are from the unreserved category while the rest are reserved for women.
Among the prominent ones to find their names in the list is Ankush Narang, Delhi youth wing president of AAP. He will contest from West Patel Nagar.
The party has given preference to its volunteers and there are a few turncoats.
A few turncoats
Among them is former Congress’ councillor, Sanjay Puri, who will be contesting from Janakpuri, Kiran Chadha is the wife of BJP’s former councillor Sunil Chadha and she will be contesting from Tagore Garden, BSP’s Krishan Kumar Koli, who earlier contested from Andrews Ganj, will fight on AAP ticket from Kotla Mubarakpur.
AAP Delhi Unit Convenor Dilip Pandey said work for selecting candidates for the remaining seats is still going on. “The BJP and the Congress have indulged in corruption in civic bodies for the last 20 years. It is the time for the broom (the AAP poll symbol) to wipe out corruption from the civic bodies,” Mr. Pandey said.
The AAP has received over 10,000 applications from aspirants eying the 272 seats. The party plans to take on the BJP and the Congress by focusing on alleged financial irregularities and the poor sanitation condition in the city.
Over the past few months, the AAP has been raising issues related to corruption in the corporations.
Swaraj India
Meanwhile, Swaraj India, the political outfit headed by Yogendra Yadav, announced its second list of 30 candidates on Friday. Early this week, it had announced candidates for 25 seats.
