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Delhi's former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia will contest the upcoming Assembly polls from Jangpura and civil services teacher Avadh Ojha is Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) candidate from east Delhi's Patparganj, currently held by Mr Sisodia.
AAP today released its second list of 20 candidates for the Delhi Assembly polls, due early next year. Last month, it released a list with names of 11 candidates. The ruling party is yet to announce candidates for 39 seats in the 70-member Assembly.
The Jangpura seat has been with AAP since 2013 when former Delhi Assembly Speaker Maninder Singh Dhir won it. When Mr Dhir switched to the BJP, AAP fielded Praveen Kumar who won the seat in the 2015 and the 2020 polls. This time, the party has chosen the seat for Mr Sisodia. The former Deputy Chief Minister, who was arrested in a money laundering case linked to Delhi's now-scrapped liquor policy, is out on bail. He has said that he would join the government only after the verdict in the "people's court".
For Avadh Ojha, who joined the AAP earlier this month, Patparganj is a safe seat. The east Delhi constituency is seen as an AAP stronghold that has been represented by Mr Sisodia since 2013.