The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday released its second list of 117 candidates for elections to the 250-ward Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) scheduled for 4 December.
The AAP also took a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said that the people of Delhi will vote for them to clean up the “Garbage Mountains” gifted by the BJP. “Our second list of candidates for the upcoming MCD elections is here! Congratulations to all. Delhi will ‘Vote for Jhaadu’ to clean the ‘3 Garbage Mountains’ gifted by the BJP,” the AAP tweeted along with the list of candidates. The AAP’s second list was released shortly after the BJP issued its first list of 232 candidates for the civic body elections.
Earlier, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had dared the BJP to tell the public about five things they had done in the MCD in the last 15 years.
On Friday, AAP released its first list of 134 candidates.
The party has fielded Bobby Kinaar, a member of the transgender community, as a candidate for the upcoming elections from Sultanpuri-A ward.
The Sultanpuri-A ward is a seat reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates. In the 2017 elections, AAP’s Sanjeev Kumar won the seat.
Kejriwal had also released the party’s manifesto for the December 4 elections, saying that his government will work on fulfilling 10 ‘guarantees’. “We will work to fulfil 10 guarantees. We will clean the streets of Delhi and solve the issue of garbage pile. We will also carry out beautification of parks,” Kejriwal had said at a press conference.
He also promised to make the MCD corruption-free and solve vehicle-parking problems as part of his manifesto for the polls. MCD employees will be paid on time, according to Kejriwal.
On November 9, Kejriwal chaired a meeting with top officials in the national capital. The meeting followed a crucial meeting of AAP MLAs chaired Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and also featured the party’s state convenor and minister, Gopal Rai. They were assigned responsibilities at different levels to prepare for the civic elections.
As part of its preparations for the polls, the AAP has also launched the “Kude Par Jansamvad” campaign, during which AAP leaders will listen to people’s garbage problems and discuss their solutions through Jansamvad (public interaction).
