UP polls: AAP fields ex-Apple worker Pankaj Awana from Noida

Through PTI

NOIDA: The Aam Aadmi Birthday celebration (AAP) on Sunday introduced Pankaj Awana, a former worker of tech large Apple, as its candidate from Noida for the Uttar Pradesh meeting elections.

The AAP additionally fielded Poonam Singh and Sanjay Chechi from the Jewar and Dadri meeting seats, respectively, because it launched its first checklist of 150 applicants for the polls within the politically a very powerful state.

The birthday party had in September ultimate yr simplest introduced names of Awana and Singh as ‘possible applicants’ from their respective seats.

Gautam Buddh Nagar adjacent Delhi, the place the AAP is in energy, has 3 meeting seats — Noida, Dadri and Jewar, and those have 6,90,231, 5,86,889 and three,46,425 electorate, respectively.

All 3 seats are lately held through the BJP with Pankaj Singh in Noida, Tejpal Singh Nagar in Dadri and Dhirendra Singh in Jewar.

The BJP on Saturday as soon as once more declared the 3 as its applicants from those seats.

The Bahujan Samaj Birthday celebration and the Congress have additionally introduced their applicants at the 3 seats, which can move to polls on February 10.

The election effects shall be out on March 10.

At 55, the birthday party gave the utmost selection of tickets to applicants from backward categories within the checklist.

The checklist used to be launched through AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh at a press convention right here this afternoon.

He mentioned the AAP will contest on all 403 meeting seats and the names of the remainder of the applicants shall be introduced quickly.

The birthday party has given tickets to 55 applicants from backward categories, 36 Brahmins, 31 Scheduled Castes and 14 Muslims, amongst others, he mentioned.

Singh mentioned the AAP has fielded excellent and deserving applicants within the election.

“Within the first checklist, there are 8 applicants who’ve finished MBA.

Except for this, there are 38 postgraduates, 4 docs, 8 who’ve executed PhD, seven engineers and 39 graduates.

8 girls had been given tickets within the first checklist,” he mentioned.

“Now it’s as much as the folks of UP to elect those deserving applicants and ship them to the Vidhan Sabha and wipe out the dirt in politics,” he mentioned.

The Uttar Pradesh Meeting polls shall be held in seven levels between February 10 and March 7.

The counting of votes will happen on March 10.