AAP to announce first list of candidates for Lok Sabha polls within 15 days
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Arvind Kejriwal's AAP to announce first list of candidates foR Lok Sabha polls within two weeks:
New Delhi: After its success in the Delhi assembly polls, the AAP national executive was meeting in New Delhi on Saturday to decide on its strategy for the Lok Sabha elections with a senior leader saying his dream would be to see Arvind Kejriwal as the Prime Minister.
Another AAP leader said the first list of AAP candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections should be out in 10 to 15 days.
Before going into the meeting, AAP leader and Delhi chief minister Kejriwal said the party is meeting to plan the strategy for Lok Sabha polls and all the issues that are before the party.
However, there will be no discussions with regard to the names of the candidates for the polls, he said.
Speaking to reporters, senior AAP leader Yogendra Yadav said the country must have better options than Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi for the Prime Minister's post.
Asked if he would like to see Kejriwal as the Prime Minister he said, "We have again and again said that Rahul and Modi's fight (for the post) is unfortunate. The country must have better options than this.
"But are we in the position to (say that Kejriwal should occupy the post). We will have to discuss that. My dream is to see Kejriwal as Prime Minister. He is capable of it but in politics one has to see ....strength and where we stand," he said."Times Of India"
Talking to reporters, AAP member Sanjay Singh said that the party will be releasing its first list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections within 10 to 15 days.
After Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday announced his retirement, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on the question of the next prime minister said that political parties need to address issues concerning ordinary people instead of constantly debating about the next PM.
"How does it matter who becomes the prime minister?" the Aam Aadmi Party leader told the media.
AAP leader Yogendra Yadav said that his party has always maintained that Narendra Modi versus Rahul Gandhi is not a good signal. Yadav is also being seen AAP candidate for the post of Haryana chief minister as the state goes to polls in coming months.
Another AAP leader and close associate of Kejriwal, Kumar Vishwas who is all set to take on Rahul Gandhi had earlier said that he will contest polls for where ever the Congress vice president fights.
Calling for a triangular battle, Vishwas has also asked BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi to contest from Amethi.
Kejriwal had asked people from all spheres and other political parties with clean image to join AAP's crusade against corruption.Sources"Zee News"