Delhi Assembly Election: The Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday released its first list of 11 candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in Delhi. The party has fielded turncoats Anil Jha from Kirari and Veer Singh Dhingan from Seemapuri. Apart from them, the party has fielded, Brahma Singh Tanwar from Chhatarpur, Deepak Singla from Vishwas Nagar, Sarita Singh from Rohtas Nagar, BB Tyagi from Laxmi Nagar, Ram Singh Neta Ji from Badarpur, Zubair Chaudhary from Seelampur, Gaurav Sharma from Ghonda, Manoj Tyagi from Karawal Nagar and Sumesh Shokeen from Matiala.
In its first list, the Aam Aadmi Party fielded several recent joinees from rival parties as candidates for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections:
- Brahma Singh Tanwar and Anil Jha joined AAP after leaving the BJP.
- BB Tyagi switched allegiance from the BJP to AAP on November 5.
- Zubair Chaudhary joined AAP recently after leaving the Congress.
- Veer Singh Dhingan moved from Congress to AAP just a week ago.
- Sumesh Shokeen also joined AAP after leaving Congress.
Six new candidates in first list
Arvind Kejriwal-led party has also included six new candidates who have joined from other parties: three from the BJP and three from the Congress. Two seats have seen a shift due to former AAP MLAs parting ways with the party. In Chhatarpur, former MLA Kartar Singh has been replaced by Brahm Singh Tanwar. In Seemapuri, where Rajendra Pal Gautam had left the party, the ticket has been given to Veer Singh Dhingan. Additionally, two fresh faces, Manoj Tyagi and Gaurav Singla..
Delhi Assembly Elections 2025
The Legislative Assembly elections of Delhi for all 70 constituencies are scheduled to be held on or before February 2025. The previous Assembly elections were held in February 2020. After the election, the Aam Aadmi Party formed the state government, with Arvind Kejriwal becoming Chief Minister for a third term. The tenure of 7th Delhi Assembly is scheduled to end on 15 February 2025.
(Inputs from Anamika Gaur)
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