Aam Aadmi Party [AAP] has disqualified its candidate from Rajouri Garden Assembly constituency ,After Bawana This damage controlling act has left AAP without candidates in Two Assembly constituencies .
AAP has announced the withdrawal of its support to its own official candidate, Pritpal Singh Saluja, from Rajouri Garden constituency in the Delhi Assembly elections. It is found by the party that FIR was registered against him and 3 of his family members in Oct 2012 at Lucknow. It appears that the charge-sheet for Dowry harassment etc was filed against him and some family members by the Lucknow Police in August 2013. A notice was issued by the trial court to him on November 11, 2013, which does not appear to have reached him before November 14, 2013. Therefore, his declaration in the nomination form that no criminal case was pending against him, maybe technically correct.
Party Says “Saluja did not bring these facts to the attention of the party while applying for candidature. The Political Affairs Committee of AAP has taken a serious view of the lapse and in furtherance of its resolve to retire a candidate against whom any serious facts come to the notice of the party which show that he does not conform to the moral standards expected from candidates of the Party, it has decided to withdraw the party’s support to Shri Saluja for the forthcoming Delhi elections.
party said “We are aware that the last date for filing of nominations and withdrawal has passed and therefore the withdrawal of support at this stage would mean that though technically Shri Saluja would continue on the ballot as a candidate of the party but it would effectively mean that the party would leave the seat vacant.”
Party has also ,earlier, withdrawn its support from Manoj from Bawana Assembly constituency