AAP releases third list of candidates for Chhattisgarh Assembly polls
Chhattisgarh Assembly Election on Thursday.
Among the 11 candidates, the party has fielded Dr Akash Jashwal from the Baikunthpur Assembly, Chandrakant Diksena from Katghora Assembly, Manbhajan Tandon from Lormi, Deepak Patre from Mungeli, Durgalal Kewat (Nishad) from Jaijaipur, Lekh Ram Saahu from Kasdol, Jashwant Sinha from Gunderdehi, Sanjeet Vishwakarma from Durg Gramin, Chameli Kurrey from Pandariya, Jagmohan Baghel from Bastar, and Narendra Bhawfrom Jagdalpur Assembly seat.
Deciding to contest the upcoming Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh «with full strength», the Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday said that the opposition parties INDIA bloc has been formed to save democracy, but it doesn't mean that Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel gets the liberty to have a mining scam in the Congress-ruled state.
The AAP and Congress are part of the opposition's Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, but both parties have not cleared their stance about a pre-poll alliance in the poll-bound states including Chhattisgarh.
Earlier on Monday, hours after the dates for the year-end Assembly elections in five states were announced, Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal said that his party will fight with 'full strength' in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.
When asked whether his party will contest the elections as part of the INDIA bloc, he said that «whatever happens will be apprised».
Meanwhile, the Election Commission has announced that the first phase of polling for 20 seats in Chhattisgarh will be held on November 7, and the remaining 70 seats in Chhattisgarh will go to polls on November 17.
Polls will be held in Mizoram on November 7, Chhattisgarh on November 7 and November 17, Madhya
