Rajya Sabha polls | Harbhajan Singh, Raghav Chadha among five AAP candidates
The Hindu
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has nominated former cricketer Harbhajan Singh, Lovely Professional University founder Ashok Mittal, AAP MLA Raghav Chadha, IIT Delhi faculty Sandeep Pathak and industrialist Sanjeev Arora for the March 31 Rajya Sabha polls.
All the five party nominees filed their nomination papers at the Punjab Vidhan Sabha complex in Chandigarh.
The term of five Rajya Sabha members from Punjab — Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa (Shiromani Akali Dal), Partap Singh Bajwa (Congress), Shwait Malik (BJP), Naresh Gujral (SAD) and Shamsher Singh Dullo (Congress) — will expire on April 9.
Mr. Harbhajan Singh was a former spinner while Mr. Mittal is founder of Phagwara-based Lovely Professional University (LPU). Mr. Chadha is co-incharge of AAP’s political affairs in Punjab and also sitting MLA from Rajinder Nagar in Delhi whereas Mr. Pathak is assistant professor at IIT Delhi and Mr. Arora is a Ludhiana-based textile businessman.
All the five candidates are set to be elected to the Upper House of Parliament as AAP has won 92 of 117 seats in the recently held State Assembly polls.
After filing his papers, Mr. Harbhajan Singh said he will strive to take sports forward.
Reacting to over four from Hindu community and one Sikh member figuring in the AAP list for Rajya Sabha, Congress leader and sitting MLA Sukhpal Khaira tweeted, “If this list of probable Rajya Sabha candidates by @AamAadmiParty is true its most saddening news for Punjab n will be the first discrimination for our State. We’ll oppose tooth n nail any non punjabi being nominated. This is also a joke with AAP workers who have worked fr d party.” Meanwhile, SAD leader Harcharan Bains also criticised the AAP for its Rajya Sabha nominations.
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