This Article is From Mar 06, 2016

AAP To Contest Civic Body Bypolls In Delhi, To Announce Candidates Soon

AAP To Contest Civic Body Bypolls In Delhi, To Announce Candidates Soon

This will be Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP's maiden outing in the municipal corporation polls after the party's stupendous feat in the Assembly election last year. (PTI file photo)

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will contest the bypolls for 13 wards of Delhi's three civic bodies which are expected to be held next month and is likely to announce its candidates soon.

"We have decided to contest the bypolls and are working on it," said an AAP leader.

This will be AAP's maiden outing in the municipal corporation polls after the party's stupendous feat in the Assembly election last year when it won 67 of 70 seats.

The civic bodies are currently controlled by the BJP and AAP does not want to leave any stone unturned to win the polls.

"The party's Delhi unit is busy with it, but we have still not finalised the candidates," the AAP leader said.

Full-fledged polls to the MCD are expected to take place in 2017.

In January, the Delhi High Court has ordered bypolls to be held at the earliest.

Most of these wards are in South Delhi Municipal Corporation, where several councillors have been elected as legislators.
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