AAP releases full list of 70 candidates for Delhi Assembly polls

The Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday released the full list of 70 candidates for the
upcoming Delhi Assembly election, in which the Arvind Kejriwal-led party will
seek a second successive term.

Chief
minister Arvind Kejriwal set to contest the polls from the New Delhi seat and
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia is contesting from the Patparganj seat.

After the
list was released, Kejriwal tweeted:

According to
the list released by the party’s Political Affairs Committee, AAP leader Atishi
will contest from the Kalkaji constituency, while another party leader Dilip
Pandey will contest the Timarpur seat. Both had unsuccessfully contested the
2019 Lok Sabha election.

Additionally,
Satyendra Jain will contest from Shakur Basti, Jarnail Singh from Tilak Nagar,
SK Bagga from Krishna Nagar, and Jitendra Tomar from Tri Nagar seats.

Reports also
said that while AAP has fielded sitting MLAs in 46 of the 67 seats it had won
in the 2015 polls, at least 15 incumbent legislators have been denied a ticket.
Meanwhile, new faces have been given a ticket for six seats.

Delhi will
go to polls on 8 February and the counting of votes will take place on 11
February. The Model Code of Conduct is in place.

Soon after
the poll dates were announced by Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on 6
January, Kejriwal said that the 2020 Assembly election will be based on
“development”

A renewed
focus on cleanliness, including solid waste management, getting rid of landfills,
and cleaning the Yamuna along with ways to provide drinking water, are issues
that are likely to be added to the AAP manifesto.