AAP releases second candidate list for Delhi polls, shifts Manish Sisodia to Jangpura seat
Avadh Ojha, a civil services coaching teacher, who joined the party on December 2, will contest from Sisodia’s Patparganj constituency.
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The Aam Aadmi Party on Monday released its second list of 20 candidates for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections.
The national capital’s ruling party shifted former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia to the Jangpura seat from his Patparganj constituency.
Avadh Ojha, a civil services coaching teacher and motivational speaker, who joined the party on December 2, will contest the polls from Patparganj.
Sisodia was arrested in February 2023 by the Central Bureau of Investigation on charges of corruption in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case. A month later, he was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in the same case.
He was granted bail by the Supreme Court in August this year.
The Assembly polls in Delhi are expected to take place in or before February. The Election Commission has not announced the schedule yet.
The Aam Aadmi Party had released its first list of 11 candidates on November 21. The list included six turncoats, of whom three had crossed over from the Bharatiya Janata Party and three from the Congress.
The second list released on Monday also included Assembly Deputy Speaker Rakhi Bidlan who will contest from Madipur instead of Mangolpuri, where Rakesh Jatav Dharamrakshak has been fielded.
The other names on the list are Dinesh Bhardwaj, who has been given an election ticket from Narela. Former Congress MLA Surender Pal Singh Bittu, who joined the...
