AAP removes Shahdara candidate for elections
14 Oct 2013 12:18 AM GMT
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has removed one of its candidates selected to contest from Shahdara assembly constituency in the upcoming assembly elections, on the grounds that the candidate had not disclosed criminal cases lodged against him.
Surendra Sharma, the candidate in question, has been removed as a candidate by the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) of AAP. The party said that this action is in line with the commitment of AAP to ensure that no person with doubtful credentials shall represent the party in the upcoming election.
‘In his application for his selection as candidate of Aam Aadmi Party from Shahdra, he had not disclosed that there were criminal cases lodged & FIRs pending against him. We have also come to know that he had a large number of property disputes going against him,’ said the AAP statement.
The party said that it will only approve candidates with impeccable integrity.
‘Recently he was appointed as the chairperson of the election committee (Shahdra Bar Association Election). It is learnt that this election was cancelled due to allegations of use of unfair means and violence during the said election, under his chairmanship. A number of respected members of the bar also complained to us about the unfair role played by him during the conduct of the above mentioned election,’ said the party in its statement.
It further said, ‘Keeping the above in mind, the PAC of the party felt that he is not a fit candidate to represent Aam Aadmi Party in the upcoming Delhi Assembly Elections & thus his candidature has been cancelled unanimously by the PAC of the party’.
Surendra Sharma, the candidate in question, has been removed as a candidate by the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) of AAP. The party said that this action is in line with the commitment of AAP to ensure that no person with doubtful credentials shall represent the party in the upcoming election.
‘In his application for his selection as candidate of Aam Aadmi Party from Shahdra, he had not disclosed that there were criminal cases lodged & FIRs pending against him. We have also come to know that he had a large number of property disputes going against him,’ said the AAP statement.
The party said that it will only approve candidates with impeccable integrity.
‘Recently he was appointed as the chairperson of the election committee (Shahdra Bar Association Election). It is learnt that this election was cancelled due to allegations of use of unfair means and violence during the said election, under his chairmanship. A number of respected members of the bar also complained to us about the unfair role played by him during the conduct of the above mentioned election,’ said the party in its statement.
It further said, ‘Keeping the above in mind, the PAC of the party felt that he is not a fit candidate to represent Aam Aadmi Party in the upcoming Delhi Assembly Elections & thus his candidature has been cancelled unanimously by the PAC of the party’.
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