AAP to replace North West Delhi candidate with Rakhi Birla
Singh, a social activist, had a number of criminal cases against him, an Aam Aadmi Party leader said.
"There were criminal cases against him (Singh)," the AAP official said, adding that the party was earlier unaware of them.
According
to
the
party
official,
Singh
had
spent
"three
months
in
jail
last
year
in
a
case
of
fake
currency
circulation".
The
party
told
him
it
was
cancelling
his
nomination,
and
Singh
agreed
to
it.
Social entrepreneur Khalid Parvez too won't be contesting from Moradabad after the party found out that he was a bank defaulter.
Rakhi Birla, who was the youngest minister in the Arvind Kejriwal government that lasted only 49 days and she will be fielded from the seat, a party leader told.
IANS
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