AAP Rajya Sabha hopefuls list to be out tomorrow, consensus on Sanjay Singh

January 02, 2018 20:19

A day before the Aam Aadmi Party announces its three Rajya Sabha nominees, Sanjay Singh has emerged as the sole consensus candidate while a number of prominent names within the party are vying for the other two slots.

A senior party functionary confirmed city-based chartered

accountant N D Gupta and businessman Sushil Gupta's names are

in the reckoning as well while emphasising that a final call

will be taken by the party's Political Affairs Committee

tomorrow.

"There are capable leaders like Ashutosh, Atishi (Marlena), Pankaj Gupta, Meera Sanyal, Ashish Khetan even Raghav Chadha in the party. It is but natural that there will be some heart burn if one name is picked over the others. So nothing can be said for sure even at this point," the AAP functionary said, on condition of anonymity.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia, who came back from the Andamans today after a short break, are likely to meet party MLAs before the PAC meeting.

Singh, Marlena, Ashutosh are full-time members of the PAC while Gupta and Chadha are its ex-officio members.

Meanwhile, Gujarat Patidar agitation leader Hardik Patel gave a curious twist to the issue by publicly batting for disgruntled AAP founder Kumar Vishwas's candidature, saying he was best suited to take on "fake nationalists".

-- PTI

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