NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party and Delhi Congress on Saturday announced their candidates for the upcoming byelections to five municipal seats.
The AAP candidates include Dhirendra (Bunty Gautam) from Kalyanpuri ward 8-E, Vijay Kumar from Trilokpuri ward 2-E, Mohammad Isharaq Khan from Chauhan Bangar 41-E, Ramchandra from Rohini ward 41-E and Sunita Mishra from Shalimar Bagh ward 62-N.
Bal Kishan (53) from Trilokpuri, Dharampal Maurya from Kondli, Chaudhary Zubair Ahmad (41) from Seelampur, Memwati Barwala (53) from Bawana and Mamta (28) will be contesting the bypolls from their respective ward on a Congress ticket. Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president Anil Kumar released the names of the candidates.
The bypolls will be held on February 28. The state election commission has announced byelections to fill vacancies for five municipal councillor seats— two in North Delhi Municipal Corporation and three in East Delhi Municipal Corporation.
“Dhirendra (Bunty Gautam) from Kondli has done remarkable work in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic. He cooked food for the poor, distributed food to the labourers and slum dwellers. Bunty Gautam has been a part of AAP from the time of its formation. Similarly, Vijay Kumar has been the secretary of All India Safai Mazdoor Union and Dr BR Ambedkar Janmahotsav Committee. Kumar has been the vice-president of MCD sanitation workers’ union. He also runs animal shelters in Trilokpuri,” stated AAP.
The candidate from the Shalimar Bagh ward, Sunita Mishra, is the mohalla coordinator and also secretary of the women’s wing of Shalimar Bagh assembly, said an Aam Aadmi Party spokesperson.
The last date for filing nominations for the polls is February 8 and candidates can withdraw their nominations till February 13. Results will be announced on March 3.
The seats for two councillors from north corporation — Rohini-C (ward-32) and Shalimar Bagh (ward-62) — are lying vacant for about eight months as the councillors were elected as MLAs. Similarly, the east corporation has three vacant seats— Trilokpuri (ward-2), Kalyanpuri (ward-8) and Chauhan Bangar (ward-41).