Days after coming to terms with the fact that there will be no electoral alliance with the Congress in Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday announced six candidates out of seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi. AAP national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the party’s seventh candidate will be announced soon.
“The party will field Atishi from East Delhi, Raghav Chaddha from South Delhi, Pankaj Gupta from Chandni Chowk, Dilip Pandey from North East Delhi, Gugan Singh from North West Delhi, and Brajesh Goel from New Delhi Lok Sabha seat. The six candidates were earlier appointed as incharge on the respective Lok Sabha seats,” Delhi AAP convener Gopal Rai said.
“During a meeting of ‘mahagathbandhan’ leaders at NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s residence last month, Congress president Rahul Gandhi had refused a proposal for a tie-up citing opposition from the grand old party’s Delhi unit leaders,” Rai added.
The Delhi Congress, in its meeting on Friday, which was attended by its president Sheila Dikshit, had decided to convey to the party high command that it was against any alliance with the AAP in Delhi.
Earlier, Kejriwal had said he wanted an alliance but was tired of convincing the Congress. He had warned that the BJP will again win all the seven seats in Delhi if there was no alliance between the AAP and the Congress in Delhi.