The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has replaced 14 of its candidates announced for the municipal corporation polls, triggering protests from those whose names were axed from the list. Candidates whose tickets were cancelled were called to party office to be pacified, but a few of them claimed no “satisfactory reason” was given for the cancellation of their candidature.
AAP has replaced candidates in Adarsh Nagar, lakshmi Park, Haiderpur, Jama Masjid, Karampura, Kishan Ganj under SDMC; Karawal Nagar East and Nandgiri in EDMC and Sri Niwas Puri, Jaitpur, Manglapuri and Govind Puri.
The AAP leadership however, refused to comment on the development, calling it an “internal issue” of the party. The party has until now replaced 15 candidates across the three civic bodies — South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) and East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) — which will go to polls on April 23.