The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday announced four candidates from Delhi for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Delhi Minister Gopal Rai announced the names of four sitting MLAs as the candidates from Delhi. These are – Kuldeep Kumar from East Delhi, Somnath Bharti from New Delhi, Sahi Ram Pehelwan from South Delhi and Mahabal Mishra from West Delhi.
The candidates’ names were declared after AAP’s Political Affairs Committee (PAC) meeting at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence on Tuesday.
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The committee is the highest decision-making body of the party, headed by AAP supremo Kejriwal.
The call on candidates for Delhi seats is rather crucial for the AAP as the BJP had won all seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi in the 2014 and 2019 general elections.
Notably, AAP and its INDIA ally Congress recently came to terms on a seat-sharing agreement in Delhi. AAP, therefore, has named its candidates who will contest four seats, while Congress will field candidates in three constituencies.
The party also announced a candidate from Haryana. AAP leader Sushil Gupta will contest from Kurukshetra.
Besides Delhi, AAP and Congress also finalised seat-sharing in Haryana, Gujarat, Chandigarh and Goa. However, the INDIA bloc allies could not form a seat-sharing pact in Punjab, where the AAP said earlier it would contest on all 13 Lok Sabha constituencies.
Speaking about Punjab seats, AAP’s Gopal Rai earlier today said, “The names for Punjab Lok Sabha candidates (of AAP) will be announced soon.”