The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) which is likely to contest 80 seats in the state will announce candidates for more than 20 seats in the first week of February.
As already AAP leader and National Spokesman, Sanjay Singh has announced that party would be fielding strong candidates against big names of different political parties in the state.
"latest by February 10, the announcement of candidates for more than 20 seats in the state could be made by the party leaders. The candidates would be fielded against known politicians," said sources in party’s state secretariat.
Poet turned Politician and AAP leader Kumar Vishwas had been campaigning in Amethi since January 12 for lok Sabha elections. "Kumar Vishwas has submitted the application form to the party for contesting elections from Amethi constituency and even party’s Amethi unit had extended support to his candidature against Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi," said party sources.
AAP leaders had been brainstorming to field Journalist turned Politician, Ashutosh Kumar in the state. The sources said that Ashutosh could be fielded against the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) President Rajnath Singh. Though Rajnath Singh was still to announce the constituency from where he would be contesting parliamentary elections. The announcement of AAP candidates could be made against Congress President, Sonia Gandhi in Rae Bareli, Congress leaders Sri Prakash Jaiswal (Kanpur) and Salman Khursheed (Farrukhabad), Beni Prasad Verma (Kesarganj) and Samajwadi Party Chief, Mulayam Singh Yadav (Mainpuri).
"Following the announcement of first list of candidates, the second list would be released by the end of February. As many as 1380 applications have been received with Party’s state secretariat who were willing to contest Parliamentary elections on AAP’s ticket," said party sources.