UP Election 2022: AAP releases first list of 150 candidates; doctors, engineers in fray
By Team Newsable | First Published Jan 17, 2022, 11:15 AM ISTIn the Assembly elections, the AAP will run for all 403 seats. Sanjay Singh, the party's Uttar Pradesh in-charge and Rajya Sabha member, released the names of candidates running for 150 of the party's 403 seats.
The Aam Aadmi Party named 150 candidates for the forthcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections on Sunday and among the hopefuls were doctors and engineers.
In the Assembly elections, the AAP will run for all 403 seats. Sanjay Singh, the party's Uttar Pradesh in-charge and Rajya Sabha member, released the names of candidates running for 150 of the party's 403 seats.
After a news conference with State President Sabhajit Singh, he announced the nominees, saying that education, health, jobs, and agriculture should be prioritised to clean up politics in Uttar Pradesh. Singh stated that the AAP fielded competent and worthy candidates in its first list. There are eight MBAs, 38 postgraduates, four physicians, eight PhD candidates, seven engineers, eight BEd degree holders, 39 grads, six certificate holders, and eight women candidates. He also stated that each community received an equal portion. There are 55 applicants from the Other Backward Class (OBC), 31 from the Scheduled Castes, 14 Muslims, 6 Kayasthas, seven merchants, and 36 Brahmins.
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