Aam Aadmi Party released the first shortlist of 44 probable candidates for 12 seats in the forthcoming Delhi Assembly elections. Names that leap out of the list are those of Manish Sisodia from Patpartganj, Sazia Ilmi from RK Puram and Somnath Bharti from Malaviya Nagar. AAP's list of probables also has former Congress and BJP workers such as Bheem Singh and Kishori Lal Dhanak who haven't contested an election yet. Of the 106 applicants for 12 seats, 44 made it to the first shortlist. The first round of screening was done by a screening committee of seven - Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh, Vinod Binny, Dilip Kumar Pandey, Rajan Prakash, Ashish Talwar and Nisha Singh. There will be a second round of screening followed by preferential voting by active volunteers from each area before the number comes down to 12. The final decision will be taken by the Political Affairs Committee of the party. While Arvind Kejriwal has made it clear that he would contest, there is no decision yet regarding the constituency he would seek to represent.
Kejriwal talks about how AAP's selection process is a way to "cleanse politics" while challenging the BJP and the Congress not to field tainted candidates.
Here's the transcript of the full interview:
CNN-IBN: How is your process of selection of candidates different from that of other parties?...
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12:44 PM, May 25, 2013
New Delhi: Gearing up for its electoral debut in the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday announced the names of 44 shortlisted candidates for 12 constituencies. "The final 12 would be selected after recommendations of grassroot level workers and selection committee after proper consultation and debate among them," AAP Convener Arvind Kejriwal told reporters while announcing the list of shortlisted candidates. He said the candidates were...
08:57 AM, May 25, 2013
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04:29 AM, May 22, 2013
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12:45 PM, May 20, 2013
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers on Sunday protested outside residences of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and local MLAs on the issues of rising prices of power and water, and women's safety in the national capital. While demonstrating outside the Chief Minister's residence, some workers were detained and sent to Tuglak Road Police Station, a statement released by Aam Aadmi Party said. AAP workers claimed that a number...
09:34 PM, May 19, 2013
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10:48 PM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday attacked Law Minister Kapil Sibal over Vodafone tax case and said all the corrupt ministers have joined the Group of Ministers on CBI autonomy. "Kapil Sibal says he will sort out the tax liability on Vodafone and Hutchinson in an outside court settlement. We have learnt that Kapil Sibal's son is Hutchinson's lawyer," added Kejriwal. While addressing a...
02:42 PM, May 15, 2013
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06:54 PM, May 08, 2013
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06:20 AM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: 1984 anti-Sikh riots victim Nirpreet Kaur's fast at Jantar Mantar against the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a riots case entered the fifth day on Tuesday. Her blood pressure is down and her health has deteriorated, but Kaur has decided to carry on with her fast. Nirpreet said that her fast will be continue until the government fulfills her demand for a through investigation in the...
01:26 PM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: In solidarity with their protest against the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders, including Arvind Kejriwal will sit on a one-day fast in New Delhi on Friday along with the family members of the the 1984 anti-Sikh riots' victims. Besides Kejriwal, AAP leaders Manish Sidoda, Gopal Rai, Sanjay Singh and Kumar Vishwas will also sit on a fast with the families at Jantar...
10:45 AM, May 03, 2013
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday called off its protest march to Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's residence after she "agreed" to receive 10.5 lakh protest letters on "inflated" power and water bills but it announced gherao of the residences of Delhi MLAs in May. The party also announced it will have 71 manifestos for the Assembly elections - one main and one each for 70 constituencies. After Dikshit's office...
07:14 PM, Apr 28, 2013
Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal has said that if his party comes to power in Delhi in 2013 elections, he will provide electricity at half the rate. He was speaking to Rupashree Nanda of CNN-IBN. Below is the full text of the interview. CNN-IBN: Sir you have always demanded the resignation of the Delhi Police Commissioner Mr Neeraj Kumar. While accountability definitely needs to be fixed, do you think...
02:08 PM, Apr 28, 2013
Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal has said that if his party comes to power in Delhi in 2013 elections, he will provide electricity at half the rate. He was speaking to Rupashree Nanda of CNN-IBN. Below is the full text of the interview. CNN-IBN: Sir you have always demanded the resignation of the Delhi Police Commissioner Mr Neeraj Kumar. While accountability definitely needs to be fixed, do you think...
02:08 PM, Apr 28, 2013
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party will on Sunday hold a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi against inflated electricity and water bills. The party wants Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to collect 10,50,000 letters written to her by the people of Delhi against inflated bills. The AAP workers plan to march towards the Chief Minister's home if the letters are not collected from Jantar Mantar. Few days back, AAP...
09:38 AM, Apr 28, 2013
Protests over the rape of a 5-year-old girl in New Delhi intensified even as Aam Aadmi Party demanded resignations of Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar. Former Joint Police Commissioner in Delhi Maxwell Pereira joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the matter. Q. I totally condemn the way people come down to the streets like this in the aftermath of such incidents. We, as...
04:45 PM, Apr 23, 2013
New Delhi: The 5-year-old Delhi rape survivor's condition is stable, doctors said, and she is still on a semi-solid diet. Meanwhile, the second accused, Pradeep, was brought to Delhi from Bihar on Monday and is likely to be produced in court on Tuesday. The other accused is in custody till May 4. Protests are also likely to continue on the streets and in Parliament after Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar...
07:54 AM, Apr 23, 2013
Admitting that the response of his force in the rape case of the five-year-old girl was "not as swift as desired", Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar said "there was always a room for improvement". He, however, insisted that the Delhi Police has fulfilled all the promises it made after the December 16 gangrape case. ...
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11:49 PM, Apr 22, 2013
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11:46 PM, Apr 22, 2013
