AAP's MP Narain Dass Gupta files nomination for Rajya Sabha election
The Hindu
AAP MP Sanjay Singh and former DCW chief Swati Maliwal file nominations for Rajya Sabha elections; polling to take place Jan. 9-4, votes counted at 5 p.m. Jan. 19.
As per the EC schedule, polling will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the respective State Assemblies, and votes will be counted at 5 p.m. on January 19
New Delhi Aam Aadmi Party’s MP Narain Dass Gupta filed his nomination for the forthcoming Rajya Sabha elections on January 8.
Earlier, former Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal also filed her nomination for the forthcoming Rajya Sabha elections. Meanwhile, AAP Member of Parliament (MP) Sanjay Singh arrived on Jan. 8 at the Civil Lines venue in a police van to file his nomination for the Rajya Sabha.
As per the EC schedule, polling will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the respective State Assemblies, and votes will be counted at 5 p.m. on January 19.
A court had earlier allowed Mr. Singh to sign his renomination documents from jail. Mr. Singh, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a case related to the Delhi excise policy, is AAP’s U.P. in-charge.
Mr. Sanjay Singh, a senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader, is accused in a money laundering case related to the excise policy case and was arrested on October 4, 2023, by the Enforcement Directorate.
The AAP has decided to nominate Swati Maliwal, former Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief, as its newest Rajya Sabha MP. Senior AAP leader N.D. Gupta had also been renominated for the second term by the party.
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