Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which is pitching hard to become the third political force in Madhya Pradesh, declared its third list of candidates for the ensuing general elections.
The seven parliamentary constituencies of the State, from where AAP declared its candidates on Saturday include the State capital Bhopal, from where Rachna Dhingra has been fielded besides Rajesh Saream has been named from Betul, Atul Mishra from Sagar, Shailendra Kushwaha from Guna, Maya Vishwakarma from Hoshnagabad, Anil Trivedi from Indore and Pankaj Singh Sidhi would be AAP candidates.
Notably, AAP declared only one candidate from the State, Alok Agarwal from Khandwa, in its first list that was declared on February 17 while in the second list, that was declared on February 27, there were six candidates from the State including Bhagwat Singh Rajput from Vidisha, Kailash Awasya from Khargone, Captain Abdul Naseer Hanfee from Jabalpur, former independent MlA Paras Saklecha from Mandsaur, Kuman Singh Armo from Mandla and Aneeta Hindoliya from Ujjain.
With seven names in third list AAP has till now declared 14 candidates of the total 29 parliamentary seats from the State and the newly formed outfit is vowed to contest on all the seats.
AAP’s Madhya Pradesh unit Chief Spokesperson Akshay Hunka while talking to media persons said, “Corruption would be AAP’s main poll plank in the State, particularly in view of the MP Professional Examination Board scam. Corruption-related cases against Ministers are pending with the lokayukta.”
Hunka further said, “lack of alternative was the reason behind the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) resounding victory in recently-concluded assembly elections as the Congress has proved to be worthless Opposition. The AAP aims to provide another option.”
He alleged that the BJP Government in the State had carried out more publicity than actual development. Refusing to mention the number of seats from where the party would emerge victorious, he claimed that the party would perform well at the hustings as people were fed-up with corruption.