On Thursday, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) (November 21, 2024) announced the first list of 11 candidates for the upcoming Delhi Assembly election due in February next year.
While Brahm Singh Tanwar (Chhatarpur), BB Tyagi (Laxmi Nagar) had recently quit the BJP and joined the AAP, Zubair Chaudhary (Seelampur) and Somesh Shokeen (Matiala) joined the AAP after quitting the Congress.
Former Congress MLA Veer Singh Dhingan, who joined AAP last week has been fielded from Seemapuri constituency.
Sarita Singh (Rohtas Nagar), Ram Singh Netaji (Badarpur), Gaurav Sharma (Ghonda) Manoj Tyagi (Karawal Nagar) and Deepak Singhal (Vishwas Nagar) were the other candidates whose names were announced by the party.
Former BJP MLA Anil Jha, who joined the AAP on Sunday, Similarly, is the party’s candidate from Kirari constituency.
The AAP won 62 of the 70 assembly seats in the last elections held in 2020.
