The AAP candidate Durgesh Pathak on Monday filed his nomination from the Rajinder Nagar Assembly Constituency which is going to take place on June 23. He was accompanied by the Member of Parliament and Rajya Sabha from Punjab, Raghav Chadha. Pathak filed his nomination at around 1:30 pm at Pusa ITI, in the capital city.
As per the affidavit filed by the AAP candidate, his net worth for the financial year of 2020-2021 was Rs 4,17,980, while in the 2018-2019 it was Rs 3,00,958. The AAP candidate owns the total moveable assets of around Rs 6, 77, 980. He does not own any property, it further stated.
There are three pending cases against the Pathak which includes two defamation cases, and one case at rouse avenue court, it stated. Pathak has not been convicted any criminal offence, according to the affidavit. Durgesh Pathak is the youngest member of the Aam Aadmi Party’s Political Affairs Committee.
He is the National Organisation Building in-charge of the party, and was instrumental in building a strong grassroots organisation in Delhi before the 2015 Assembly election and in Punjab before the 2017 Assembly election. Durgesh was jointly in-charge of Punjab affairs until March, 2017.
In the 2015 Delhi Assembly elections, Durgesh was in charge of the organisation and campaign in 35 constituencies out of 70, and the party won in 34 of them.
After this, he was sent by the party to Punjab to prepare a strong organisational set up in the run up to the Punjab Assembly elections held in February, 2017. In Punjab, the party won a spectacular 24 per cent of the vote share and 20 seats in its debut election in the state.