AAP West Delhi candidate files his nomination papers
NEW DELHI: Amid the atmosphere of uncertainty over the alliance between the AAP and the Congress, AAP's West Delhi candidate Balbir Singh Jakhar on Thursday filed his nomination. Jakhar beacme the first candidate among three leading political parties in Delhi to file papers for 2019 Parliamentary Election. The 45-year-old filed his nomination papers in the presence of senior party leaders Manish Sisodia and Gopal Rai among others at the District Magistrate's office in Raja Garden.
Meanwhile, Jakhar's affidavit was found to be incomplete by district election officer.
"We had downloaded the format of the affidavit from the Election Commission Of India website. There is some problem in the sequence of the columns and the row on government tax dues, but not in proper sequence. I will be filing the revised affidavit on April 22," Jakhar said.
Jakhar is the President of the Dwarka Court Bar Association and Chairman of the Co-ordination Committee of the All Delhi District Court Bar Association. Jakhar and his spouse Anju Gautam (Anju Jakhar) have two children and they are residents of Dwarka. The filed affidavit noted that the candidate has a criminal record. Jakhar has nearly Rs 12 lakh of movable asset and nearly Rs 12 lakh immovable assets, followed by his wife who has nearly Rs 4 lakh as movable assets. The documents also showed that Jakhar has four cars in his name and nearly 3.2 acres of agricultural land.
Before filing the nomination, the AAP leaders along with Jakhar held a roadshow in west Delhi appealing to people to vote for the party to take up the demand of full statehood for Delhi.
Addressing the public, Sisodia and Rai explained to the people about the importance of full statehood for Delhi. "In 2014, you voted for BJP. Their MPs have not done any work for the city. The BJP promised statehood for Delhi and did not say a word in Parliament about that," Rai said. He urged the people to vote for AAP to make the city a full state in just two years.
The AAP had in March announced all its candidates for the national Capital, where polling will be held on May 12. The AAP has fielded Pankaj Gupta from Chandni Chowk, Dilip Pandey from North East Delhi, Atishi from East Delhi, Brajesh Goel from New Delhi, Gugan Singh from North West Delhi and Raghav Chadha from South Delhi.
