The Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday released first list of candidates for the upcoming assembly polls in Delhi scheduled to take place in February next year. The development came after AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal chaired a meeting of party's political affairs committee (PAC) at his residence in the national capital.
The first list candidates includes 11 names of which six are turncoats who joined the party from Congress or the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Brahm Singh Tanwar, Anil Jha, BB Tyagi had recently quit the BJP to join the Arvind Kejriwal-led party. Zubair Chaudhary, Veer Singh Dhingan, and Somesh Shokeen switched sides with AAP from the Congress party.
| Sr No | Candidate | Constiteuncy |
| 1. | Brahm Singh Tanwar | Chhatarpur |
| 2. | Anil Jha | Kirari |
| 3. | Deepak Singhal | Vishwas Nagar |
| 4. | Sarita Singh | Rohtas Nagar |
| 5. | BB Tyagi | Laxmi Nagar |
| 6. | Ram Singh Netaji | Badarpur |
| 7. | Zubair Chaudhary | Seelampur |
| 8. | Veer Singh Dhingan | Seemapuri |
| 9. | Gaurav Sharma | Ghonda |
| 10. | Manoj Tyagi | Karawal Nagar |
| 11. | Somesh Shokeen | Matiala |
The elections to the 70-member Delhi Legislative Assembly will be held in February with the Election Commission of India yet to announce the dates.
Earlier, Kejriwal had said that the tickers for the elections will be distributed based on the work, public opinion and winning chances of the probable.
The upcoming Delhi election will also serve as a referendum on Kejriwal's merit as the AAP supremo stepped down from the post of chief minister in September this year. He announced the resignation after being released from jail in cases of money laundering probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the liquor policy case.
He vowed "not to sit in the CM's chair until the public delivers its verdict on whether Kejriwal is honest" and called for early polls in the national capital.
The AAP swept 62 of the 70 assembly seats in the last elections held in 2020.