NEW DELHI: AAP on Sunday announced its first list of 20 candidates for Lok Sabha elections. Prominent among them are social activist Medha Patkar, Anjali Damania, Yogendra Yadav and Kumar Vishwas.
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Other prominent people include Anjali Damania, convener of Maharashtra unit of Aam Aadmi Party, who would contest from Bharatiya Janata Party leader Nitin Gadkari's stronghold Nagpur, Yogendra Yadav from Gurgaon, lawyer H S Phoolka from Ludhiana, the constituency of information and broadcasting minister Manish Tewari, and Subhash Ware who will fight against Suresh Kalmadi in Pune.
Medha Patkar will contest the polls from northeast Mumbai, while Meera Sanyal will contest from South Mumbai against Milind Deora.
"Today we have announced the names of 20 candidates. The selection of all these candidates has been done on the basis of their work for the society," AAP leader Manish Sisodia said at a press conference.
"While choosing the candidates, we have tried to prevent corrupt and people with criminal charges from entering politics," Sisodia added.
The decision was taken after a meeting of the party's political affairs committee held earlier on Sunday.
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