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AAP declares 20 candidates; First List also names HS Phoolka, Jarnail Singh Journalist

By Sikh Siyasat Bureau

February 16, 2014

New Delhi, India (February 16, 2014): As per information Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has declared its first list of candidates. The list released on February 16 names 20 candidates who shall contest upcoming Parliamentary election on AAP ticket. AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal is not among the candidates declared in the first list.

The names of the candidates were reportedly finalized during the meeting of the party’s political affairs committee (PAC) on Sunday afternoon at Arvind Kejriwal’s residence.

However senior leaders like Yogendra Yadav, Kumar Vishwas and Ashutosh have found place in the first list of the party.

Some media sections have expressed surprise over the naming of Narmada Bachao Andolan activist Medha Patkar as AAP candidate who will be fighting election from a seat in Mumbai.

AAP list also includes the names of two Sikh activists – H. S. Phoolka, a Supreme Court lawyer who had been fighting cases of 1984 massacre victims and journalist-turned-activist Jarnail Singh.

Full List, as available on AAP’s website, is as follows:

S.No. Incumbent MP Party State LS Constituency AAP Candidate
1 Kapil Sibal INC Delhi Chandni Chowk Ashutosh
2 Salman Khurshid INC UP Farukkhabad Mukul Tripathi
3 Mulayam Singh Yadav SP UP Mainpuri Baba Hardev
4 Suresh Kalmadi INC Maharashtra Pune Subash Ware
5 Nitin Gadkari BJP Maharashtra Nagpur Anjali Damania
6 Ajit Singh RLD UP Baghpath Soumendra Dhaka
7 Mahabal Mishra INC Delhi West Delhi Jarnail Singh
8 Dr. Baliram INC UP LALGANJ (SC) Dr. Jiyalal Ra
9 Rahul Gandhi INC UP Amethi Kumar Vishwas
10 INDERJIT SINGH INC Haryana Gurgaon Yogendra Yadav
11 Ad.Kamat Gurudas Vasant INC Maharashtra Mumbai North West Mayank Gandhi
12 Sanjay Dina Patil NCP Maharashtra Mumbai North East Medha Patkhar
13 Milind Murli Deora INC Maharashtra Mumbai South Meera Sanyal
14 Takam Sanjoy INC Arunachal Arunachal West Habung Payeng
15 Sameer Bhujbal NCP Maharashtra Nashik Vijay Baliram Pandhare
16 ARUN SUBHASHCHANDRA YADAV INC MP Khandwa Alok Aggarwal
17 Sanjay Bhoi INC Odisha BARGARH Lingraj
18 MANISH TEWARI INC Punjab Ludhiana Harvinder Singh Phoolka
19 Jagdish Singh Rana BSP UP Saharanpur Yogesh Dahiya
20 MOHAMMED AZHARUDDIN INC UP Moradabad Khalid Parvaiz