New Delhi: The Political Affairs Committee of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday introduced the nomination of Delhi Commission for Women chief and senior occasion member Swati Maliwal for Rajya Sabha elections in Delhi scheduled to be held on January 19. With the six-year time period of three Rajya Sabha MPs from Delhi ending this month, voting to elect the brand new members will happen on January 19. The three members – Sanjay Singh, Sushil Kumar Gupta and Narain Dass Gupta – can be retiring on January 27.
However, ND Gupta and jailed senior chief Sanjay Singh can be re-nominated as effectively whereas Sushil Kumar Gupta, as per the occasion mentioned, has expressed his intent to redirect his focus in the direction of the electoral politics of Haryana. ND Gupta is the occasion treasurer and Sushil Gupta is the AAP President of the Haryana unit. The state is predicted to go to polls later this yr.
“Chaired by AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal, the committee decided to endorse two existing members for re-nomination, whereas Sushil Kumar Gupta expressed his intent to redirect his focus towards the electoral politics of Haryana,” the occasion mentioned.
Swati Maliwal is a ladies’s rights activist and the present Chairperson of the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW). Before becoming a member of DCW, Maliwal labored because the advisor to the Chief Minister of Delhi on public grievances. Maliwal was a core member of the Indian Against Corruption motion. Maliwal has been related to numerous campaigns and actions aimed toward combating violence towards ladies, advocating for stricter legal guidelines, and selling gender equality.
ADelhi court docket on Thursday, in the meantime, allowed occasion chief Sanjay Singh to signal re-nomination paperwork from jail. Sanjay Singh, a senior Aam Aadmi Party chief is an accused in a cash laundering case associated to the Excise coverage case and was arrested on October 4, 2023, by the Enforcement Directorate.
His bail plea was dismissed by the trial court docket on December 22, 2023 and said that, the Court is of prima facie view that the case towards him is real. (*19*) exhibits his involvement within the alleged offence of cash laundering. There are affordable grounds for believing that he’s responsible of the alleged offence of cash laundering.”
