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AAP yet to decide candidates for Rajya Sabha seat
The party had reportedly also approached former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan but he declined the offer.
New Delhi: Though the Election Commission on Friday announced that the elections to three Rajya Sabha seats in Delhi will be held on January 16, the Aam Aadmi Party is yet to decide it’s candidates. The AAP, which has a majority in the Delhi Assembly, holds sway over the three Rajya Sabha seats.
Although there are a few leaders within the party who can lay claim to a Rajya Sabha berth, with Ashutosh, Sanjay Singh and Kumar Vishwas being the frontrunners, but friction with chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has made things difficult for the third.
A party source said that Aam Aadmi Party is looking outside its fold for candidates and is keen to project eminent persons from fields such as law, social work and economics as its candidates.
The party had reportedly also approached former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan but he declined the offer.
The party will have to zero in on the candidates by the end of its month. The term of the three members from Delhi — Karan Singh, Janardan Dwivedi and Parvez Hashmi — are due to end on January 27, 2018.
