AAP to contest on six Lok Sabha seats in Delhi, Raghav Chadha, Atishi Marlena among candidates | Full list

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday released a list of its candidates who would be contesting in the Lok Sabha polls 2019. The AAP has named six Lok Sabha candidates, contesting in Delhi.

While political activist Atishi Marlena would be contesting from East Delhi parliamentary constituency, party spokesperson Raghav Chadha would be contesting the South Delhi Lok Sabha seat.

The list has been released for New Delhi, East Delhi, North East Delhi, South Delhi, Chandni Chowk and North East Delhi. No candidate has been decided for the West Delhi seat.

AAP's Delhi Convenor Gopal Rai said the party was yet to take a call on the West Delhi seat Lok Sabha constituency in Delhi.

"The party has decided to field Pankaj Gupta from Chandni Chowk, Dilip Pandey from North East Delhi, Atishi from East Delhi, Brajesh Goel from New Delhi, Gugan Singh from North West Delhi and Raghav Chadha from South Delhi," Rai said.

Announcement : Declaration of candidates for the upcoming Loksabha Polls

1. New Delhi - @brijeshgoyalaap

2. East Delhi - @AtishiAAP

3. North East Delhi - @dilipkpandey

4. South Delhi - @raghav_chadha

5. Chandani Chowk - @pankajgupta

6. North West Delhi - @AAPGuganSingh pic.twitter.com/EuNyseK1Fi AAP (@AamAadmiParty) March 2, 2019

The announcement comes amid persisting speculation that there may be a tie-up between the AAP and the Congress for the Lok Sabha battle although the Congress's Delhi unit is known to be bitterly opposed to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his party.