NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi party (AAP) on Thursday released its first list for the Delhi assembly polls for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections, which are expected to be held in early 2025.
“The Aam Aadmi Party has released the first list of 11 candidates for Delhi Assembly elections (2025). The names were finalised in the political affairs committee meeting chaired by party’s national convenor Arvind Kejriwal. Most of these 11 seats are those which are not held by the AAP at present,” AAP leader Gopal Rai said.
Former BJP leaders Brahm Singh Tanwar, Anil Jha, and BB Tyagi, along with former Congress leaders Chaudhry Zubair Ahmad, Veer Dhingan, and Sumesh Shokeen, who recently joined the AAP, have also been included in the party’s first list.
The candidates named in the first list include:
Chhatarpur: Brahma Singh Tanwar
Kirari: Anil Jha
Vishwas Nagar: Deepak Singla
Rohtas Nagar: Sarita Singh
Laxmi Nagar: B.B. Tyagi
Badarpur: Ram Singh Netaji
Seelampur: Chaudhry Zubair Ahmad
Seemapuri: Veer Dhingan
Ghonda: Gaurav Sharma
Karawal Nagar: Manoj Tyagi
Matiala: Sumesh Shokeen
The last Delhi Assembly elections were held in February 2020, where the AAP won a decisive victory, securing 62 out of 70 seats. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) managed only 8 seats, and Congress failed to open its account. Arvind Kejriwal became the chief minister.
However, Kejriwal’s tenure faced major challenges. In March 2024, he was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering investigation related to the cancelled Delhi excise policy. He was later arrested by the CBI in June 2024, making him the first sitting CM to be arrested. Kejriwal was granted bail by the Supreme Court in September, after his plea was upheld by the Delhi high court.