AAP to field two Delhi Lok Sabha candidates in assembly polls

New Delhi, Dec 20: The Aam Aadmi Party's two former Lok Sabha candidates Devendra Sehrawat and Jarnail Singh would contest the upcoming assembly election in the capital, the party said here on Saturday.

Their names figure in the sixth list which contains six candidates. With the 6th list being declared, the AAP, so far, has announced 51 candidates for the 70-member Delhi assembly.

Alka Lamba, who had deserted the Congress to join the AAP a year ago, is the party's candidate in Chandni Chowk in central Delhi.

In the Lok Sabha polls, Sehrawat and Jarnail Singh had contested from South Delhi and West Delhi parliamentary constituencies, respectively. They were both defeated by the BJP candidates.

While Sehrawat has been fielded from Bijwasan assembly segment in south Delhi, Singh will contest from Rajouri Garden in west Delhi.

IANS