AAP likely to announce the candidate list for Lok Sabha elections this weekend
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AAP likely to announce the candidate list for Lok Sabha elections this weekend
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is likely to announce its candidates in six out of seven parliamentary constituencies in Delhi for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in the coming weekend. Party leaders said that these seats will get tickets for Lok Sabha in-charge.
Gopal Rai, convener of AAP’s Delhi unit said the list of the party’s contenders has been finalised and it will be announced in a day or two. He said, “Work of the Lok Sabha in-charges have been reviewed by the top leadership and the list has been finalised”.
The Lok Sabha in-charges are Pankaj Gupta (Chandni Chowk), Dilip Kumar Pandey (North East Delhi), Raghav Chadhha (South Delhi), Atishi (East Delhi), Guggan Singh Ranga (North-West Delhi) and Brijesh Goyal (New Delhi).
Leaders were given the charge of constituencies in June and October last year. At that time, the party nominated Rajpal Solanki as the party in-charge for West Delhi. But later, Solanki withdrew due to poor health, leaving the post vacant. The party did not divide the probables for this seat.
Speaking about AAP poll preparation in Delhi, Rai said the party aims to declare its candidates at the earliest so that people get time to know them. “All of them are new faces. Starting early has always been the party’s strategy. It helped us a lot in the assembly elections,” he said.
Rai also said that the party has completed 70% of its own “door-to-door campaign”. After the announcement of the candidates, "the second stage of the election campaign will kick off. Each of our Vijay Pramukhs is already reaching 10 households in Delhi, "he said.
While announcing the in-charges in June last year, the party had left two seats vacant leading to speculations that the New Delhi and west Delhi seats could be offered to Congress if an alliance between the two parties works out. However, after the demand for withdrawal of Bharat Ratna given to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi due to the anti-Sikh riots, all the talks of coalition ended in the middle of December.
