MCD by-polls: AAP announces names for 8 wards

The Political Affairs Committee of Aam Aadmi Pary on Wednesday cleared eight names for MCD bypolls which are expected to be held next month, ahead of its rivals BJP and Congress.

Contesting in 13 wards will be AAP’s maiden outing in the municipal corporation polls after the party’s stupendous feat in the Assembly election last year when it won 67 out of 70 seats.

Names of candidates to the rest five seats will be declared in the next two days, a party leader said.

The move comes a day after Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan-led Swaraj Abhiyan announced its intention to enter the fray.

Candidates for ward 214 (Khichripur), ward 238 (Jhilmil), ward 67 (Wazirpur), ward 44 (Qamruddin Nagar), ward 136 (Matiala), ward 168 (Nanakpura), ward 176 (Bhati Mines) and ward 124 (Vikas Nagar) have been announced.

They are Yogesh Dedha, Ghanshyam Gaur, Sachin Singhal, Arun Singh Chauhan, Ramesh Matiala, Anil Mallik, Pawan Tanwar and Ashok Saini respectively.