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Aam Aadmi Party Candidate List for the Lok Sabha Election 2014 www.aamaadmiparty.org The sixth list of 56 candidates of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for the Lok Sabha Elections was announced on March 15. With this list the total number of candidates declared by the AAP so far is now 242. First List 8 Feb 2014 S.No. State LS Constituency AAP Candidate 1 Delhi Chandni Chowk Ashutosh 2 UP Farukkhabad Mukul Tripathi 3 UP Mainpuri Baba Hardev 4 Maharashtra Pune Subash Ware 5 Maharashtra Nagpur Anjali Damania 6 UP Baghpath Soumendra Dhaka 7 Delhi West Delhi Jarnail Singh 8 UP LALGANJ (SC) Dr. Jiyalal Ra 9 UP Amethi Kumar Vishwas 10 Haryana Gurgaon Yogendra Yadav 11 Maharashtra Mumbai North West Mayank Gandhi 12 Maharashtra Mumbai North East Medha Patkhar 13 Maharashtra Mumbai South Meera Sanyal 14 Arunachal Arunachal West Habung Payeng 15 Maharashtra Nashik Vijay Baliram Pandhare 16 MP Khandwa Alok Aggarwal 17 Odisha BARGARH Lingraj 18 Punjab Ludhiana Harvinder Singh Phoolka 19 UP Saharanpur Yogesh Dahiya 20 UP Moradabad Khalid Parvaiz Second List of AAP - 27 Feb 2014

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Aam Aadmi Party

Candidate List for the Lok Sabha Election 2014

www.aamaadmiparty.org

The sixth list of 56 candidates of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for the Lok Sabha Elections was announced on March 15. With this list the total number of candidates declared by the AAP so far is now 242.

First List 8 Feb 2014

S.No. State LS Constituency AAP Candidate

1 Delhi Chandni Chowk Ashutosh

2 UP Farukkhabad Mukul Tripathi

3 UP Mainpuri Baba Hardev

4 Maharashtra Pune Subash Ware

5 Maharashtra Nagpur Anjali Damania

6 UP Baghpath Soumendra Dhaka

7 Delhi West Delhi Jarnail Singh

8 UP LALGANJ (SC) Dr. Jiyalal Ra

9 UP Amethi Kumar Vishwas

10 Haryana Gurgaon Yogendra Yadav

11 Maharashtra Mumbai North West Mayank Gandhi

12 Maharashtra Mumbai North East Medha Patkhar

13 Maharashtra Mumbai South Meera Sanyal

14 Arunachal Arunachal West Habung Payeng

15 Maharashtra Nashik Vijay Baliram Pandhare

16 MP Khandwa Alok Aggarwal

17 Odisha BARGARH Lingraj

18 Punjab Ludhiana Harvinder Singh Phoolka

19 UP Saharanpur Yogesh Dahiya

20 UP Moradabad Khalid Parvaiz

Second List of AAP - 27 Feb 2014

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S.No. State LS Constituency Our candidate

1 Delhi East Delhi Raj Mohan Gandhi

2 Gujarat Junagarh Shekhada Atulbhai Govindbhai

3 Haryana Rohtak Naveen Jaihind

4 Haryana Kurukshetra Balwinder Kaur

5 Haryana Sirsa Poonam Chand Ratti

6 Haryana Hisar Yudhbir singh Khyalia

7 Haryana Sonipat Jaisingh Thekedar

8 HP Kangra Dr. Rajan Sushant

9 J&K Srinagar Dr. Raja Muzaffar Bhat

10 Maharashtra Amravati Bhawna Bhavesh Vasnik

11 Maharashtra Sangli Sameena Abdulmajid Khan

12 Maharashtra Maval Maruti Sahebraw Bhapkar

13 Maharashtra Chandrapur Wamanrao Sudaishirao

14 Maharashtra Solapur Lalit Babar

15 Maharashtra Aurangabad Subahsh Lomte

16 Maharashtra Thane Sanjeev Sane

17 Maharashtra Beed Nandu Madhav

18 Maharashtra Jalna Deelip Mhaske

19 Maharashtra Bhandara-Gondiya Prashant Mishra

20 MP Ujjain Aneeta Hindoliya

21 MP Khargone Kailash Awasya

22 MP Jabalpur Capt. Abdul Nasir Hanfee

23 MP Mandsaur Paras Saklecha

24 MP Mandla Khuman Singh Armo

25 MP Vidisha Bhagawat Singh Rajput

26 Punjab Patiala Dr. Dharamvira Gandhi

27 Rajasthan Sikar Major Surendra Kumar Punia

28 Rajasthan Kota Ashok kumar Jain

29 Rajasthan Jhunjhunu Raj Kadyan

30 Uttrakhand Almora Harish Chandra

Third List - 1 March 2014

Sl No State LS Constituency Our candidate1 Bihar Darbhanga Dr. Prabhat Ranjan Das2 Chandigarh Chandigarh Savita Bhatti3 Delhi North East Delhi Anand Kumar

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4 Delhi North West Delhi Mahender Singh5 Kerala Thrissur Sarah Joseph6 Kerala Thiruvannanthapuram Ajit Joy7 MP Bhopal Rachna Dheengra8 MP Indore Anil Trivedi9 MP Betul (ST) Rajesh Sareram10 MP Hoshangabad Maya Vishwakarma11 MP Sidhi Pankaj Singh12 MP Guna Shailendra Singh Kushwaha13 MP Sagar Atul Mishra14 Odisha Bhubhaneshwar Bismaya Mahapatra15 Odisha Berhampur Dr. Dhanada Kanta Mishra 16 Odisha Cuttack Dr.Bikash Das17 Odisha Dhenkanal Jimuta Prasad Mishra18 Odisha Balasore Mamata Kundu 19 Odisha Kalahandi Satya Mahar20 Odisha Puri Nirada Barana Khuntia

Fourth List

S.No. State LS Constituency Our candidate1 Delhi NEW DELHI Ashish Khetan2 Delhi SOUTH DELHI Col Devender Sehrawat3 Haryana Ambala (SC) SP Singh4 Haryana Bhiwani Lalit Agarwal5 Haryana Faridabad Purshottam Dagar6 Haryana Karnal Paramjeet7 Karnataka Bangalore Central V. Balakrishnan8 Karnataka Bangalore North Prof Babu Mathew9 Karnataka Bangalore Rural Ravikrishna Reddy10 Karnataka Bangalore South Nina P. Nayak11 Karnataka Bidar Chandrakant Kulkarni12 Karnataka Chikballapur K. Arkesh13 Karnataka Chikkodi Ashfaq Ahmed Madaki14 Karnataka Dakshina Kannada M. R. Vasudeva15 Karnataka Gulbarga (SC) Dr (Mrs) B.T.Lalitha Naik16 Karnataka Hubli-Dharwad Hemant Kumar17 Karnataka Kolar (SC) KotiganahalliRamaiah18 Karnataka Raichur Bhimaraya19 Karnataka Shimoga G. Sridhara Kallahalla20 Punjab Faridkot (SC) Prof. Sadhu Singh

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21 Punjab Gurdaspur Sucha Singh Chottepur22 Punjab Sangrur Bhagwant Mann23 UP Agra (SC) Ravindra Singh24 UP Aligarh Sabir Rahi25 UP Ambedkar Nagar Kramveer Chakravarti26 UP Amroha Mullana Kalbe Rushaid27 UP Aonla Naresh Singh28 UP Azamgarh Rajesh Yadav29 UP Bareily Sunil Kumar30 UP BHADOHI Varis Aqbal Khan31 UP Bijnor Dr.Gaurav Chauhan32 UP Bulandshahr Rahul Deepanker33 UP DEORIA Arun Kumar Tripathi34 UP DOMARIYAGANJ Badre Alam35 UP Etawah Ujiyare Lal36 UP Fatehpur Jain Ul Haq37 UP Fatehpur sikri Mahaveer Singh Solanki38 UP Gautam Budha Nagar K P Singh39 UP Ghazipur Brajbhushan Dubey40 UP Gonda Mashooq Usmani41 UP GORAKHPUR Prof. Radhey Mohan Mishra42 UP HAMIRPUR (UTTAR PRADESH) Atul Kumar Singh (Prajapati)43 UP Hathras (SC) Sunahari Lal Taank44 UP JAUNPUR Dr. Kailash Prakash Yadav45 UP Jhansi Archana Gupta46 UP Kanpur Dr. Mahmood Husain Rehmani47 UP Kaushambi (SC) Dr. Shitla Prasad48 UP KUSHI NAGAR AKHND PRTAP SINGH49 UP LAKHIMPUR Illyas Azmi50 UP Meerut Himanshu Singh51 UP Mohanlalganj Sunil Gautam52 UP Muzzafarnagar Mohammed Yamin53 UP Nagina Sarika Choudhary54 UP Phulpur Shimla Sree55 UP Pilibhit Rajiv Agrawal56 UP Pratapgarh Ashok Kumar Shukla57 UP ROBERTSGANJ(SC) Ram Dhyan Bharti58 UP Salempur Chandra Pratap Singh59 UP Sambhal Hurr Mehdi Baqri Sohail60 UP Sitapur Shefali Misra

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61 UP Unnao Arvind Kumar (Kamal)

Fifth list of candidates of the Aam Aadmi Party

With these 56 candidates, AAP have declared 187 candidates so far for the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections

S.No State LS Constituency Our Candidate1 Assam Dhubri Azmal Hussain2 Assam Dibrugarh Tapan Sutbanshi3 Assam Guwahati Pranjal Bordoloy4 Assam Jorhat Manorom Gogoi5 Assam Karimganj Tarun Kumar Das6 Assam Mangaldai Namrata Sharma7 Bihar BANKA Neeraj Kumar8 Bihar Buxar Dr. Shweta Pathak9 Bihar Katihar Victor Jha10 Bihar Khagaria Dr. Swami Vivekanand11 Bihar Kishanganj Alimuddin Ansari12 Bihar Madhubani Irshad13 Bihar Munger Sandeep Kumar14 Bihar Sasaram (SC) Geeta Arya15 Gujrat BANASKANTHA Raval Sanjay Kumar Somnathbhai16 Gujrat Sabarkantha Solanki Natvarbhai Gova Bhai17 HP Hamirpur Kamal Kant Batra18 Kerala Chalakudy K M Noordeen19 Kerala Ernakulam Smt. Anita Pratap20 Kerala Idukki Silvi Sunil21 Kerala Kasargode Shri. Ambalathara Kunji Krishnan (M.Krishnan)22 Kerala Kottayam Adv Anil Aickara (Anil Kumar R)23 Kerala Mavelikkara (SC) N Sadanandan24 Maharashtra Baramati IPS Khopade25 Maharashtra Bhiwandi Jalaluddin Ansari26 Maharashtra Buldhana Sudhir Surve27 Maharashtra Dhule Ansari Nihal Ahmed Mohammed Haroon28 Maharashtra Hatkanangle Raghunath Dada Patil29 Maharashtra Kalyan Naresh Thakur30 Maharashtra Madha Savita Shinde31 Maharashtra Mumbai North Satish Jain32 Maharashtra Nanded Narendra Singh Granthi

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33 Maharashtra Osmanabad Vikram Salve34 Maharashtra Parbhani Salma Kulkarni35 Maharashtra Raigad Dr Sanjay Apranti36 Maharashtra Ramtek Pratap Goswami37 Maharashtra Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg Colonel Gadkari38 Maharashtra Satara Chorghe39 Maharashtra Shirdi Nitin Udmale40 Maharashtra Shirur Judge Nikam41 MP Balaghat U K Chaudhary42 MP Bhind Krishna Mahobia43 MP Chindwara Mahesh Madhavlal Dubey44 MP Dewas (SC) Sujeet Sangte45 MP Dhar Hemlata Dhad46 MP Rajgarh Prashant Tripathi47 MP Ratlam Henri Machar48 UP Badaun Hema Mehra49 UP Chandauli Dr Irshad Uddin Ahmed50 UP Faizabad Iqbal Mustafa51 UP Kairana Sunil Kasana52 UP Kaiserganj Md. Rizwaan53 UP Maharajganj Pasupati Nath Gupt54 UP Shajahanpur Ashrafi Lal55 UP SHRAWASTI Ratnesh Kumar Pandey56 UP Sultanpur Shailendra Pratap Singh

Sixth List of AAP - 15 March 2014

The sixth list of 56 candidates of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for the Lok Sabha Elections 2014. With this list the total number of candidates declared by the AAP so far is now 242.

S.No State LS Constituency Our candidate1 Andaman & Nicobar Andaman & Nicobar Sanjay Meshack2 Assam Lakhimpur Hiramoni Deka Sonowal3 Chhattisgarh Bastar (ST) Soni Sori4 Chhattisgarh Bilaspur Anand Mishra5 Chhattisgarh Mahasamund Lakshman Masuriya

6Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Dadra and Nagar Haveli Chotubhai Patel

7 Daman & Diu Daman & Diu Kessur Goan8 Goa North Goa Dr. Dattaram B Desai9 Goa South Goa Swati Shridhar Kerkar

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10 Kerala Kozhikode K P Ratheesh11 Kerala Palakkad Padmanabhan Bhaskaran12 Maharashtra Ahmadnagar Deepali Sayed13 Maharashtra Akola Ajay Panjabrao Hinglekar14 Maharashtra Jalgaon Sangram Gokulsingh Patil15 Maharashtra Palghar Pandhurang Jethya Pardhi16 Maharashtra RAVER Pratibha Shinde17 Maharashtra Wardha Md. Alim Patel18 Manipur Outer Manipur Mr. M. Khamchinpou Zou19 MEGHALAYA SHILLONG Armerington Kharshiing20 MP Damoh Santosh Bharti21 MP Gwalior Neelam Agrawal22 MP Khajuraho Amit Bhatnagar23 MP Morena Devendra Agrawal24 MP Rewa Poornanand Tiwari25 MP Satna Jagdish Singh26 MP Shahdol Vijay Kumar Kol27 Odisha Aska Prabhat Kumar Mohanty28 Odisha Bhadrak Narayan Chandra Jena29 Odisha Jagatsinghpur (SC) Anupama Sethy30 Odisha JAJPUR KALANDI MALLICK31 Odisha Kandhamal Narendra Mohanty32 Odisha Kendrapara Md. Samim Akhtar33 Odisha Mayurbhanj (ST) Chhabi Mahali34 Odisha Nabarangpur Harabati Gond35 Odisha Sambalpur Anand Samal36 Odisha Sundergarh (ST) Basil Ekka37 Rajasthan Alwar Virendra Vidrohi38 Rajasthan BHILWARA Sunil Agiwal39 Rajasthan Churu K K Saharan40 Rajasthan Jaipur (City) Dr. Virendra Singh41 Rajasthan Udaipur Velaram Meena42 Tripura Tripura West DR. SALIL SAHA43 UP Ballia Bharat Singh44 UP Banda Amar Singh Rathore45 UP Barabanki Dinesh Chandra Gautam46 UP Dhaurahra Dilkees Bano47 UP Etah Dilip Yadav48 UP Ghaziabad Shazia Ilmi49 UP Jalaun (SC) Abhilasha Jathav

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50 UP Machhlishahr Virendra Kumar Sonker51 UP Mathura Anuj Garg52 UP Sant Kabir Nagar Aftab Alam Khan

53 Uttarakhand HardwarKanchan Choudhary Bhattacharya

54 UttarakhandNAINITAL-UDHAMSINGH NAGAR

Balli Singh Cheema

55 Uttarakhand TEHRI GARHWAL Anoop Nautiyal56 Chandigarh Chandigarh Gul Panag

Brief bios of some of the AAP Candidates are below:

Ashutosh – AAP Candidate, Chandni Chowk

One of the best known faces of the Hindi News Television Ashutosh was deeply influenced by agitation for Janlokpal under Anna Hazare’s leadership. While extensively covering the agitation Ashutosh wrote a book “Anna: 13 days that awakened India”. He’s the only non English TV journalist to get prestigious UN scholarship. Ashutosh will take on Union Minister Kapil Sibal, who represents Chandni Chowk in Lok Sabha.

Mukul Tripathi – AAP Candidate, Farrukhabad

Mukul Tripathi is a specially-abled activist and journalist from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. He’s been fighting for the cause of physically impaired people. He’s been awarded with “Shreshth Viklang Karmi Award” in 2009. Mukul will take on Union Minister Salman Khurshid.

Baba Hardev Singh – AAP Candidate, Mainpuri

Baba Hardev Singh retired from Indian Administrative Service IAS. He was one of the most popular and upright civil servants of Uttar Pradesh. He was also President of UP PCS Officers Association. Baba Hardev Singh will take on Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh.

Subhash Ware - AAP Candidate Pune

Subhash Ware, a member of the AAP National Executive is one of the most respected names amongst activists and intellectuals in

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the State. Former Maharshtra president of the Chatrrs Bharati movement, he has been an active participant in numerous agitations both as a student leader and as a member of the Rashtriya Seva Dal. A staunch supporter of the India Against Corruption movement, Subhash believes that public representatives must focus attention on transforming the manner in which public policies are frames and delivered in this nation. Subhash Ware will take on CWG scam accused Suresh Kalmadi in Pune.

Dr. Kumar Vishwas, AAP Candidate, Amethi

He is a well-known poet. He has recited his poetry both in India and abroad. Through his poetry he is known as one of the most popular poets of the country. Kumar Vishwas is very popular amongst the youth. He makes some bold and scathing remarks on the social issue through the medium of his poetry. He is associated with the Janlokpal movement right from the very beginning. Dr. Vishwas will take on Gandhi family scion Rahul Gandhi.

Anjali Damania - AAP Candidate, Nagpur

Convenor of AAP Maharashtra, Anjali blew the lid off the 70000 crore perpetrated by the NCP led Irrigation Ministry. She then exposed the complicity Nitin Gadkari, RSS strongman and BJP party president with other parties and their business interests. 45 year old Patholgist, Anjali born and brought up in Mumbai, married and has two children. She is confident that the poster boys of corruption will see their downfall in Maharashtra. This Maharshtrian 'mulgi ' has toured the state extensively in the past year, drawing huge crowds at rallies in every district and it is her efforts that AAP has become a household name in the state. Anjali will take on former BJP President Nitin Gadkari

Soumendra Dhaka – AAP Candidate, Baghpat

A masters in law, will contest from Bagpat, Uttar Pradesh.. His livelihood comes from Law practice and agriculture. He is working for AAP from December 2012. He is involved in resolving the social issues and believes he can be the voice of the people from his constituency. He is inspired by the idea of Swaraj and wishes to make it a reality. Soumendra will take on RLD supremo Ajit Singh.

Jarnail Singh- AAP Candidate, West Delhi

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Jarnail Singh is a tireless crusader for the rights of the 1984 anti-sikh riot victims. He was a journalist before joining the movement to get justice for the riot victims. Jarnail will take on Congress MP Mahabal Mishra.

Dr. Jiyalal – AAP Candidate, Lalganj

Sr Prinicipal Scientist, 1984 Bhopal men remaining gas men controlling, was rewarded, Maharashtra Sarkar. Mharashtra Sarkar diya tha. 1989 men South Pole par gaye the. Antartic award was there for six month. World Confence for Global warming 71. Unicellular plants

Yogendra Yadav – AAP Candidate, Gurgaon.

He is a well-known social scientist and Political analyst of the country. He is the Senior Fellow of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies. Yogendra Yadav is also associated with many National and International forums. For rolling out law for Right to Education, Yogendra Yadav was made a member of National Advisory Council in the year 2010. Yogendra Yadav will take on Congress MP Rao Inderjeet Singh, who’s contesting on a BJP ticket this time.

Mayank Gandhi – Aap Candidate Mumbai North West

Mayank has been the founder of the India Against Corruption movement and the leader of AAP in Maharashtra. An activist for over 10 years he has regularly confronted local administration on civic issues, an expert on infrastructure issues, he was a member the team that drafted the Nagar Raj Bill and has also contributed in large measure to the formation of the RTI Act. A member of the National Executive of the Aam Aadmi Party, Mayank is spearheading the Lok Sabha campaign in the State and is proving to be a veritable crowd puller, with his gentle demeanour and profound insights on life and on the lack of conviction in public representation. Mayank Gandhi will take on Congress MP Gurudas Kamat.

Medha Patkar – AAP Candidate, Mumbai North East

Medha Patkar is a name that needs no introduction, a social activist who has led the struggle for the people affected by the controversial Sardar Sarovar Project on the Narmada River in Gujarat, India. She founded the Narmada Bachoao Andolan and National Alliance of People's Movements and is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Goldman Environmental Prize,

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Amnesty International's Human Rights Defender's Award and the BBC's Green Ribbon Award.An advocate of human rights, Patkar founded her campaigns on two basic tenets in the Indian constitution: the rights to life and to livelihood

Meera Sanyal – AAP Candidate Mumbai South

With a distinguished career that ranges from investment banking and micro finance, Meera recently quit her assignment as CEO and Chairperson with the Royal Bank of Scotland to join politics and work towards the best practices and policies that India should adopt to alleviate many of it's problems and challenges. She has formerly worked with ABN Amro, Lazards and Grindlays and in each of her stints, she found herself engaging actively with community programmes. Her work with children and disadvantaged communities she says, has given her valuable insights into lapses in policy and she is hopeful her experience in banking and finance will find expression as a solution provider for the nation. Meera will take on Union Minister Milind Deora.

Habung Payeng – AAP candidate, West Arunachal

He is an information commissioner in Arunachal Pradesh and a member of the National Executive of AAP will contest from Arunachal West constituency. He is counted as one of the most strict and adept information officers in the country. Before becoming the Information Commissioner Habung Pyang was actively contributing to social work.

Vijay Pandhare – AAP Candidate, Nashik

An engineer, former bureaucrat and member of the state level technical advisory committee on irrigation, who has raised several pertinent questions about irregularities in the use of public funds in this sector, Vijay Pandhare has repeatedly locked horns with the establishment over the lack of transparency in modalities, in a career spanning 32 years defined by the highest standards of integrity in public service.

In 2013, Vijay blew the lid off an irrigation scam in Maharashtra that is estimated to be about 70,000 crore rupees if not more, leading to the resignation of Deputy CM Ajit Pawar who had held the irrigation portfolio for a decade. His revelations focussed attention on the norms flouted in the grant and administrative approvals of thousands of crores for irrigation projects, the poor quality of delivery by contractors, inflated budgets and irregularities in purchase of materials. Spiritual, his early influences include Sant Tukaram and Dyaneshwar and he hopes to

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rekindle commitment and integrity in public systems.

Alok Agarwal – AAP Candidate, Khandwa

A veteran activist of the “Narmada Bachao Andolan” (1990-2014) will contest from Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh. He completed B.Tech from IIT Kanpur. His dream is to provide empower the common man so that no political party may be able to exploit them anymore. He is inspired by the idea of Swaraj. His active involvement in the Narmada Bachao Andolan has helped him realize the struggles of the aam aadmi and encouraged him to dedicate himself to serve the nation through active involvement in politics. He believes that the Andolan must go beyond their present definitions and we must work together with other similar forces to bring about a change in the system.

Lingraj – AAP Candidate, Bargarh

Former National President of the Samajwadi Jan Parishad will contest from Bargarh, Odisha. He has been a socio-political activist since 1996 and worked for alternate politics. He was part of various farmer related activities and people’s movements in the state. In his words, “I am seeing the anti-corruption aggressiveness and the idea of decentralization as a situation full of possibilities for agitation based parties like ours”.

H S Phulka – AAP Candidate, Ludhiana

An eminent lawyer who has been handling cases pertaining to the 1984 riots and has been fighting for justice for the victims for the last 30 years will contest from Ludhiana, Punjab. He is strongly committed to free, fair and transparent elections and governance. Union Minister and Congress leader Manish Tewari is the sitting MP from the constituency. Mr. Phulka will take on Manish Tewari in Ludhiana.

Khalid Parvez – AAP Candidate, Moradabad

Khalid Parvez is a social entrepreneur. He’s been active in the field of education. He will take on Congress MP Mohammed Azharuddin.

Yogesh Dahiya- AAP Candidate, Saharanpur

Yogesh Dahiya is a member of the National Executive of the party. He’s been actively involved in farmers’ movement.

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Rajmohan Gandhi - AAP candidate from East Delhi, Delhi Rajmohan Gandhi is an eminent scholar and journalist. Grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and C. Rajgopalachari, Shri Gandhi is a biographer and a research professor at the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. He is also a Scholar in residence at Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar. He was also the convener of the all-party joint committee of both houses addressing the condition of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Parliament.

Shekhada Atulbhai Govindbhai - AAP candidate from Junagrah, Gujarat

Shekhada Atulbhai Govindbhai is an engineer by training. He is an active Janlokpal campaigner and leader of Farmers' Land Acquisition Andolan in Junagarh. He is a strong proponent of good governance.

Naveen Jaihind - AAP candidate from Rohtak, Haryana

An eminent social worker, Naveen led the movement for Right to Information Act in Haryana and campaigned for Swaraj in the state. He has been organising blood donation camps and body organ donation pledge camps. Under the name “Jaihind” he formed an organisation of students on 15th. August 2006. Naveen has been associated with Janlokpal movement right from the beginning.

Balwinder Kaur - AAP candidate form Kurukshetra, Haryana

She is a member of Bhartiya Kisan Union. She was lodged in jail for eight days for her struggle for farmers rights. She is also president of Pharunijattan Mahila Mandal.

Poonam Chand Ratti - AAP candidate form Sirsa, Haryana

Shri Ratti retired from fire brigade department in 2013. He's a well known social worker. He worked tirelessly for the cause of pensioners and safai karmcharis.

Yudhbir singh Khyalia - AAP candidate from Hisar, Haryana

A retired IAS officer, Sh Khyalia, has done his PhD on "Management of safe blood transfusion" and MA in public administration His name was listed in Limca Book of Records, 1998 edition for organizing “Rakt Daan Jaagran Mela". He was

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also awarded with "Mother Teresa Memorial Award" and was lected President of Indian Society of Blood Transfusion & Immunohaematology (ISBTI), India in the year 2009.He has been actively involved in total sanitation and literacy campaign.

Jaisingh Thekedar – AAP candidate from Sonipat, Haryana

He is an advocate by profession and president of BAR association for last two years. He is an active social worker for last 8 years. He was secretary of Arya Pratinidhi Sabha. He was sarpanch of kasanda village and president of gaushala. He has been involved in the movement against land acquisition.

Dr. Rajan Sushant - AAP candidate from Kangra, Himachal Prasad

He is ex MP from kangra. He played an active role in Jaypee Pond Dam rehablitation, farmer and worker movements and has been jailed many times during public movements. He was youngest legislature in 1982. He was elected as MP for four times from Himachal Pradesh.

Bhawna Bhavesh Vasnik

Bhawna Wasnik is a professor of home economics in Amravati and soon this young mother of two will be an inspiration to women in this country, as she takes on the challenge of contesting against established names in the Shiv Sena bastion. Bhavna has worked towards creating awareness about AIDS and conducted programmes for special children. The cause of the nomadic and much maligned Pardhi tribes is close to her heart and she has been working with social workers in the area to design programmes, that will help them generate income and sustained livelihood.

Sameena Abdulmajid Khan

Raising pertinent questions about the abysmal performance of public representatives is a young lady in black robes, Sameena Khan. A lawyer who represents labour unions and others in the labour and industrial courts of Sangli, Sameena is exposed to many of the crucial issues in the area and articulates them vociferously. Born and brought up in Miraj, Sameera believes the youth of this nation must don the mantle of representation and work towards inclusive growth and development , to oppose the indifference and arrogance of established political scions.

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Maruti Sahebraw Bhapkar

A lone crusader who has long protested against the inability of the government to provide housing for slum dwellers, Maruti Bhapkar is one of the strongest voices against corruption in Maharashtra. A former independent municipal councillor, Maruti has been a vociferous RTI activist who has raised several pertinent questions on the SEZs in the Ratnagiri and Maval regions and led agitations by people displaced and affected by Lavasa. Maruti Bhapkar is the voice of hope that this nation needs, in an era when the nexus between the politicians and the land mafia threatens the life and livelihood of the rural populace.

Wamanrao Sudaishirao

All are equal but some are more equal observes Wamanrao. A lawyer and relentless crusader against the inequalities of the system and lack of focus on alleviation of inequities, Wamanrao is in the forefront of grass roots movements in Maharashtra. A former member of the Maharashtra assembly, he has strived for better governance and raised the bar in public representation.

Lalit Babar

A strong and resilient figure espousing the socialist cause in Maharashtra is Lalit Babar. Born to agricultural workers in Sangola village of Sholapur, Lalit has a degree in political science and a diploma in journalism. He was deeply influenced by the JP movement and has worked tirelessly to create water resources in the drought prone areas of Maharashtra. Formerly employed with the State Bank Of India, Lalit has always remained connected with community development initiatives and has presented a paper at the World Social Forum in Brazil. As founding member of a dalit organisation that engages with communities in seven states of India, he has focussed attention on developing livelihood for deprived sections especially women, farmers and youth . His vision seeks an awakening among people, through a developmental process based on the founding principles of equality, liberty and social justice.

Subahsh Lomte

The unorganized sector in India continues to be the most vulnerable, devoid of any social security or benefit . Spearheading the movement for rethink and focus on the issues concerning this sector is Subhas Lomte. An activist based in Aurangabad, Subhash

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has led organisations that work towards mobilising agricultural workers, hamals ( coolies) ,construction workers and domestic workers against social and economic exploitation. He has agitated relentlessly for minimum wages, insurance and financial support from governments for labour in this sector so that they can access the primary needs of livelihood, education and health and ensure a better environment for future generations. Subhash has been a part of the Marathwada Vikas Andolan, Land to the Tiller movement and Dalit Shishyavrutty Wadh Andolan. He has a post graduate degree in biochemistry and is based in Aurangabad.

Sanjeev Sane

Long associated with veteran socialist leader Bhai Vaidya and the Samajvadi Janparishad , Sanjeev Sane is a popular and respected mass leader of Maharashtra. He has over the years,been a part of and led several agitations against systemic malpractices and indifference of local governance to needs of the disadvantaged. He was an active associate of the Jan Lokpal movement and was among the few who believed that the movement needs to find resonance within the political space if it has to be an agent of change and transform Indian polity.

Nandu Madhav

An acclaimed theatre and film artiste, Nandu Madhav is known for his well defined views on governance and policy. Nandu recently donned the lead role in 'Harishachandrachi factory', India's official entry to the Osacrs in 2010. In the two decades spent in the Marathi theatre milieu and in his travels across Maharashtra, he has experienced the struggles and helplessness of the populace as they struggled to avail of basic livelihood and opportunities and been fuelled by the desire to contribute to systemic change and improving delivery mechanisms. Nandu is best known for ' Shivaji Underground in Bhimnagar Mohalla ' , a play directed by him and which won commercial and critical acclaim . The play busted many myths and is no less than a revelation of the true spirit and values of Shivaji Maharaj as a leader of every community and segment of society, be it the Dalits, Muslims or Hindus.

Deelip Mhaske

A resident of Kandivali in Mumbai, Dilip lost his home, a 10 x 10 tenement in a slum demolition drive several years ago. Since then, this industrious young man has acquired degrees in law, social work and a doctorate from the USA. Born to parents who farmed in Jalna , Deelip's commitment to developing solutions in

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healthcare and education for the most disadvantaged strata of society is reflected in his work and engagements with civil society . Nominated for the Mann Award , which recognizes innovations in health and human rights, Deelip has transformed the lives of several communities living in five slum tenements of Mumbai. He has also instrumental in advocating land for 18 lakh landless farmers in Maharashtra under the Swabhiman Yojana in 2005. Deelip hopes to raise a generation of Indians who will be equipped to fight for their rights and usher in systemic change.

Prashant Mishra

Long troubled by the state of the nation, Prashant is a software professional who has charted a career in software services and management and is now set to apply his skill sets in public representation. Prashant grew up in Vidharbha, studying in local government schools and later acquired a bachelors degree in electrical engineering in India and a masters in electronics engineering in the USA. He and his spouse manage software businesses, with offices in the USA and Nagpur. Prashant has been closely involved in several endeavours in the social development sector and was a part of the Anna movement.

Aneeta Hindoliya

Anita is a dynamic lady in Ujjain. She has a sound family background. She also runs a pertol pump. She has been fighting for poors and women related issues.

Kailash Awasya

Local, well educated aadiwaasi community leader; did an MA, tought in a government school and left his job in a couple of years to get involved in anti displacement movement(Narmada Bachao Aandolan). Very highly regraded in his community. It's a rare find because it has not been easy to find community leaders and candidates from ST seats.

Capt. Abdul Nasir Hanfee

He is a retd. Vir Chakra Prapt Wing Commander. He is originally from Mhow (Indore). He has good management capabilities

Paras Saklecha

Paras is a Ex-MLA (Independent). He has raised maximum questions in MP assembly. He has raised VYAPAM issue and

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malnutrition issue in MP. Has an extremely clean image.

Khuman Singh Armo

He is a retd. DSP belonging to Mandla, Who is willingly working as a farmer. He has been very sympathatic to the plight and concerned of his fellow farmers, tribal children and women. He has traveled extensively in rural Mandla district. He is working towards health and education of the poor and tribals.

Bhagawat Singh Rajput

B S Rajput has been associated with Party/IAC since beginning. He has a good network with many veteran politicians of MP. He is politically mature and has been working in Vidisha constituency from very long time.

25. Dr. Dharamvira Gandhi

He is a famous cardiologist in punjab and much appreciated in rural areas. He has been a student activist and been jailed for opposing emergency. He has been a founder and active member of human and democratic rights bodies, while in government services he developed rural health care model and ensured public participation in running hospitals and health care programmes in rural areas.

Major Surendra Kumar Punia

The youngest recipient of the President’s award - Vishist Seva Medal in 2013 and a qualified doctor, he will contest from Sikar constituency in Rajasthan. He was involved in counter-insurgency operations in Kashmir and had first hand exposure to the happenings in Kashmir. He was inspired by the Jan Lokpal Andolan and retired from the army to dedicate himself to the service of the nation.

Ashok kumar Jain

Ashok Kumar Jain is AAP Convener in Rajasthan and is a founder member of the party. He is the first person to implement the Right to Recall in India (in a municipal body in Rajasthan)

Raj Kadyan

Retired as Lt General (deputy chief of Army staff) from Indian

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army. Worked for welfare of Ex servicemen. Formed an organization ISEM for ex servicemen. Fought a battle for one rank one pension for ex servicesmen. Stays in Gurgaon.

Dr. Muzaffar Bhatt

He is an eminent Right to Information activist, who’s been fighting for the rights of the people of J&K.

Dr. Prabhat Ranjan Das - A medical doctor by profession. He's an MBBS, MD, PhD, worked for a long time in New York and New Jersey, while working in the USA, a regular visitor to Darbhanga for social causes, used to contribute a fixed portion of his income to social causes, helped in establishing more than 300 village libraries, his own-funded NGO organises training programs for students and teachers, settled in Darbhanga for the last 2 years engaged in social work, active supporter of Anna movement and AAP activities.

Savita Bhatti

She is a noted stage artist, who has also been working for social causes and eradication of superstition from the society. Savita has perfomed in TV serials also and has been active in trying to convey a message of harmony and peace. She has been continuing with the unfinished endevaours of her late husband and noted artist Mr Jaspal Bhatti.

Prof Anand Kumar

He is professor of sociology in Jawaharlal University. He has taught in many Universities all over the world besides prestigious Universities like JNU and BHU. Professor Anand Kumar is associated with Students movement and have worked on social, political and democratic front.

Mahender Singh

A social activist who has been working for the upliftment of weaker sections of society in the national capital. He has been actively associated as a volunteer since the Janlokpal movement in 2011 and was among the active campaigners for the party in the Delhi assembly elections. He is part of a social organisation which organises marriages of girls belonging to poor and downtrodden sections, and runs a campaign against social evils like dowry and child marriage.

Sarah Joseph

She is a known novelist and short story writer in Malayalam. She has served as the Professor of Malayalam. She won the Kendra Sahitya

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Akademi Award for her novel Aalahayude Penmakkal (Daughters of God the Father). She has been awarded many other awards for her literary works. She has been at the forefront of the feminist movement in Kerala and is the founder of Manushi – organisation of thinking women. She is a well known social activist who has raised her voice against the atrocities against the common people.

Ajit Joy

Shri Ajit Joy, is a retired IPS Officer who took retirement from service in 2004 after serving the police department for 11 years. From 2005 to 2013, he worked in United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. He did his LLB from Govt College Thiruvananthapuram and LLM from Harvard Law School, Massachusetts, USA. During Delhi assembly elections, he left his assignment with UN and joined AAP. He worked during the Delhi election as a volunteer in Greater Kailas Constituency and the Legal Cell. After the Delhi elections, he is actively involved with the AAP activities in Thiruvananthapuram district.

Rachna Dheengra

Studied Business Management from the University of Michigan (USA) and worked with Accenture Consulting. In 2002, she resigned from her job and came to Bhopal to work in support of the Bhopal survivors’ struggle for justice and a life of dignity. As a member of the Bhopal Group for Information and Action for the last 10 years Rachna has taken part in legal actions, community mobilisation and media presentations on issues of the disaster in Bhopal locally, nationally and internationally. Rachna has been a keen and effective RTI activist for the last 8 years. Rachna was awarded the 'Woman of the Year' by the India Today magazine in 2010, in the category of public service.

Anil Trivedi

Anil Trivedi has been fired by the ideals of Gandhi, Lohia and Jay Prakash and participated in Sarvoday movement and Sampoorna Parivartan in his youth. He got booked under MISA during Emergency and remained in Jail for 19 months during which he wrote his law examinations. Now a senior lawyer from the High Court in Indore, Anil Trivedi is well-known for being a crusader for social justice in Madhya Pradesh. He has fought numerous cases for Adivasi rights, Dam oustees from different parts of Madhya Pradesh, against slum demolitions and on environmental issues. In his most recent Public Interest Litigation he represented 29 villages which were being coercively included in the Indore Municipal Corporation and successfully won the battle for these villages.

Rajesh Sareram

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Rajesh belongs to a family of educationists and he has been a school teacher himself. He has been working very closely with the tribal youth in Betul for the last 20 years. He has been preparing tribal youth for UPSC and MP PSC and other government jobs totally free of cost. He is a respected young man in the villages of Betul.

Maya Vishwakarma

Maya is a farmer’s daughter who did her schooling from her village in Narsinghpur and yet she could move out to do her Masters in Biochemistry. She earned Junior Research fellowship from All India Institute of Medical Science. She presented a paper in America and then worked as Senior Research associate in the University of California and then started working voluntarily with Stanford hospital. She got her imaginations fired by Anna Andolan which she supported from the US. She has now moved back to her village in Narsinghpur and is working full-time with the Aam Aadmi Party.

Pankaj Singh

From a rural background in Rewa-Sidhi area, Pankaj did his undergraduate degree from the Banaras Hindu University in 2003-2006 and worked in Delhi for 3 years with well-known NGO 'Hazard Centre'. Thereafter, he did a Masters in Social Work from TISS (Mumbai) where he received the award for being the 'Best Community Mobiliser'. Pankaj went back to Madhya Pradesh and has been working with the local community in the Mahaan Sangharsh Samiti, in their struggle against the allocation of Mahaan coal blocks to Essar and Hindalco.

Shailendra Singh Kushwaha

Shailendra has been running an NGO for the last 15 years working in the area of health and education for children and women. He got associated with Anna movement and then joined Aam Aadmi Party and worked relentlessly to build the organization in MP specifically in Gwalior and Chambal division.

Atul Mishra

He is a lawyer who has been compassionately working with the downtrodden and the last mant. He has been actively participating in corruption eradication movement via the 'Bhrashtachaar Nivaaran Jan kalyaan Manch' which brought to light numerous cases of corruption in Sagar including a long battle against irregularities in procurements in Sagar University, which culminated in CBI raid in the University after many years of struggle. He has also been associated with vaccination campaigns for children.

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Bismaya Mahapatra

Presently working as the state secretary AAP, Odisha. After his masters in Msc and management he has been a developmental worker since the 1990s. He started his work in PRADAN (a National level NGO) and worked in the field of livelihood promotion. Then he had a brief stint in TCS but left it and founded Harsha Trust, a not for profit development organisation in 2002.The trust is doing pioneering work by encouraging the professionals to work at the grassroots. It has now over 100 dedicated professionals working in remote tribal areas in 7 districts across 14 blocks of Odisha. Right now he has set up "Renaissance strategic and management services pvt ltd." an organisation for systematic and holistic rehabilitation of tribal populations displaced by industry.

Dr. Dhanada Kanta Mishra

Dr. Dhanada Kanta Mishra is an academician, administrator and serial entrepreneur in his professional and social sector. His educational qualifications include B. Tech (Civil) from Regional College of Engineering (REC), Trichy; M. Tech (Structural Engineering) from University of Oklahoma (USA); and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) in the field of Civil engineering Materials. Dr. Mishra has held several positions of academic and administrative responsibility over the years. He was the Dean (Research and Industrial Coordination) at the KIIT University and Principal of JITM,Paralakhemundi. He was also a Trustee of CSREM and Director (R&D) of JITM besides playing a key role in setting up of the Centurion University, Centurion Public School, Centurion ITC and AID Rural Technology Resource Center and ITC in Parlakhemundi. Dr. Mishra has previously worked with national and international organizations of repute including Rocla Technology, Guildford (Australia) and Associated Cement Companies India Limited (ACC). Currently he also serves as the Director (Academics) of KMBB College of Engineering.

Dr.Bikash Das

Dr.Bikash Das, a widely known human right activist cum Lawyer of Odisha has been consistently working over last two decades for realization of human right through the means of law. Born in a family of freedom fighters and life long Sarvodaya activists, Dr.Das extensively works towards elimination of injustice and promotion of justice by way of human right lawyering initiative through his organization CLAP. Presently he is the president of CLAP, which is one of the oldest legal aid oriented human right organization of India. Dr.Das served as the Advisor to the Supreme Court Commissioner on Right to Food between 2003 – 2006. He was also appointed as the Commission of enquiry by the Govt. of Odisha to investigate into irregularities in food security schemes. He has a Ph.D in Law and Governance from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

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Jimuta Prasad Mishra

Shri Mishra has done his M.Phil in International politics from JNU, New Delhi. Since the last 12 years he has engaged himself in developmental sector and has a number of research publications to he credit. He has been active in documentation and research and also is known as an RTI activist in the state. He was working from the platform of Odisha Soochana Adhikar Mancha.

Mamata Kundu

Mamata Kundu a graduate from Utkal University, Vani Vihar is a Homemaker and a social activist. She is very concerned about the corrupt system around and has a dream of realizing a corruption-free India. With her experience of social work as a member of Air Force wives’ Welfare Association” she joined the Jana Lokpal Movement and later on got fully involved in the Aam Aadmi Party as an active member. She has been instrumental in organization building activities of the party in Balasore district of Odisha.

Satya Mahar

He is a social activist and is the leader of Sachetan Nagarik Manch (a citizen forum working for development of Kahahandi ). He is a prominent face in the Niyamgiri Protest movement which works for protection of the Niyangiri hills and livelihood of the tribals. He is a steadfast source of resistance for the last 12 years against the corporate attack on the environment and tribal livelihood. He has played vital role in all the people’s movement in the state of Odisha and has been an inspiration for the youth and local tribal.

Nirada Barana Khuntia

As a student leader elected student general secretary of Nimapada College. Was a leader in the All Odisha student strike in 1982 for student’s rights like protection, hostel facilities, scholarship to poor student. Worked as a Lecturer in Nimapada college since 1988 to 2007. During that period got National award for social service and volunteerism by Government of India. In 2007 contested as Chairman of Nimapada Panchayat Samiti and later joined as program coordinator of NSS training centre. Leading the training of 2000 NSSS program officers all over Odisha.

Azmal Hussain- A retired ONGC employee and reputed sportsperson with a background of social activism in student and cultural politics.

Tapan Sutbanshi- Organizer of the tea tribal population with a strong base in Adivasi Janajati Suraksha Samiti, Assam. Adivasi sangram samiti is supporting Tapan

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Pranjal Bordoloy- Has been in the IAC since April 2011, Coordinator of the State Preparatory Committee and currently the Coordinator of the State Campaign Committee, Assam.

Manorom Gogoi- Very strong background of social activism and famous journalist with a very strong network with the youth.

Tarun Kumar Das- Well known social activist with Gandhian Ideal and a very well known teacher.

Namrata Sharma- She is an ex-Member of the State Preparatory Committee Aam Admi Party, Assam.

Neeraj Kumar- He is 45 years of age and full time social worker .He contested Banka loksabha constituency after Death of late Sh. Digvijay Singh in 2010.at that time he secured 35593 votes as a candidate of Rashtriya lok samta Party. He is actively involved an Anna Movement. He is multifaceted personality ,a singer and writer. He also wrote a song on AAP.

Dr. Shweta Pathak- Dr. Shweta Pathak: 33 years old. Unmarried. Private medical practitioner as physician in Buxar. Belongs to Landowning family: Executive member is doctor’s association and has organized health camps for poor in district. Participated in anna movment and has participated in various party activities. Good reputation in society.Victor Jha- 35 years old young activist, led Anna movement in Katihar district, very active in exposing corruption in multiple departments of the district administration, hospitals, etc., very active agitator and organiser and a good orator, and activist of considerable energy and courage

Dr. Swami Vivekanand- Associate Professor in private medical college in Katihar, associated with Anna movement from the very beginning, significant contribution to the movement at both regional and state levels, a good orator and organiser, established 150 bed hospital and paramedical and nursing training institute with people's cooperation, that is now a government recognised institute, very active in organising free medical camps, every Sunday personally spends the whole day in free medical consultations, socially active on public issues - recently organised huge agitation in support of temple devotees mowed down by a running train near Khagaria.

Alimuddin Ansari- Alimuddin Ansari, about 50 years old a close associate of socialist leader Surendra Mohan, a backward Ansari Muslim, Ansaris being the single largest Muslim group in both Kishanganj and most other Muslim concentrations of Bihar, organiser and leader of a very big agricultural workers organisation, a popular agitator and fighter on public issues, generally considered a voice of all oppressed people and not just as a Muslim leader.

Sandeep Kumar- Sandeep Kumar: 28 years old: Software engineer, worked in MNC in IT company for 2 years. Since then he has been active in social activities. He claims to be associated with Jan Lokpal movment since beginning in Delhi. He claims to have participated in Nirbhaya andolan and Bijli aandolan. He has organized 200 nukkar sabhas in his district. He has helped small entrepreneurs start businesses of their own and helped farmers get loan from banks. During Membership drive he made 12000 members for party and has 60 active volunteers with him.

Geeta Arya - About 60 years old. Began his career as a geography school teacher, 1980-84 worked in education section of Patna secretariat, 1984-2013 worked in police, known as an honest police officer who helped common people, inspired by Anna movement and AAP, now

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an active member of the party.

Kamal Kant Batra- Mother of Capt. Vikram Batra, An officer of the Indian Army, posthumously awarded with the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest and prestigious award for valour, for his actions during the 1999 Kargil War in Kashmir between India and Pakistan.

K M Noordeen- An activist from a very young age, he was active during the emergency period and went into hiding to avoid arrest. His family runs a rubber industry related business in Sharjah, whichi s managed and looked after by his wife and children. After seeing the sufferings of human beings from very close quarters, he started Alpha Pain Clinic with an objective of improving quality of life of human beings in distress without discrimination. K.M.Noordeen is also the chairman of Alpha Palliative Care, acknowledged to be India’s largest Palliative Homecare Provider operating 5 hospices in 4 central Kerala Districts, and several Palliative Link Centres with facilities for physiotherapy intended to improve the mobility of permanently bedridden people The treatment is provided free of cost including medicines, home care by doctors and nurses and admissions in hospices. Rehabilitation projects implemented include Alpha Home for patients who lost their homes for treatment, Alpha ITI to provide vocational training to patients’ children. Alpha is offering Alpha Sakti Projects like scholarships, self employment through Self Help Groups, pension scheme etc.

Smt. Anita Pratap- A very famous journalist who was the India bureau chief for CNN. She won the George Polk award for TV reporting. In 2013 she was presented with the Shriratna Global award by the Kerala Kala Kendram, an organization associated to Kerala Sangeetha Natak Academy. She worked with Indian Express, India Today and Time magazine. She is very highly admired in the media fraternity in Kerala and her candidature will bring a lot of media support. A wide media coverage on AAP is very much possible, which will help all the candidates of AAP across Kerala.

Silvi Sunil- A nurse by profession, she has been at the forefront of social service activities. A real incarnation of Florence Nightingale. She has been referred to as the “Fairy to the Street people”. While working as a nurse in a Taluk Hospital, she got an opportunity to work in Kuwait. She left the well paying job in Kuwait after working for 5 years, only to take care of the people who are deserted on the streets. She associated herself with a care unit that takes care of people who are deserted on the streets. She is providing selfless and volunteer service, without any remuneration.

Shri. Ambalathara Kunji Krishnan (M.Krishnan)- A very famous and well respected social activist in North Malabar. He is the Convenor of Endosulfan Peeditha Janakeeya Munnani, a movement formed by endosulfan victims. He has been leading the protest since 1998. He has a patronage of more than 5000 families. He was a CPI(ML) activist till 1993. He also led the issues of Beedi Workers and many other humanitarian issues.

Adv Anil Aickara (Anil Kumar R)- A leading advocate actively practicing in both civil and criminal laws, with a Law firm namely Aickara Law Group, he is the State Secretary of Aam Aadmi Party in Kerala. He has been a Human Rights activist having done work for the protection of women and children, HIV AIDS patients. In fact, cases under the Protection of Women form Domestic Violence Act, gained momentum in Kerala after the judgment in Valsala Chandran Vs. Chandrasekharan Nair conducted by him. He supported all anti corruption movements and participated and led the IAC movement, especially in Kottayam.

N Sadanandan- A retired district judge who is high repute. He has always fought against the corrupt practices. He retired as 1st Additional District Judge, Ernakulam in 2006. He is the

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district vice president of Kerala Senior Citizens Forum, Alappuzha. He was very active during the IAC movement and had led the protests.

IPS Khopade- Retired Special Inspector General of Police, recipient of 2 President's gallantry Medals, Mr Khopade is know world over as the "Father" of community policing in India .He is the author of 7 best selling boooks including "Why Mumbai Burned and Bhiwandi Did Not"

Jalaluddin Ansari- He is a consulting engineer and runs a small power loom unit. Since 30 years he works an NGO Bhiwandi welfare center, where there engage in a varierty of social work. President of Practicing Architects and Engineers Associations, Bhiwandi. Also member of Bhiwandi Manavta Samiti

Sudhir Surve- Convenor of AAP District Committee, was with us since IAC. He was earlier with Anna's anti corruption movement. He is a tutor who teaches poor children for free

Ansari Nihal Ahmed Mohammed Haroon- Son of a deceased congress MLA, Nihal Ahmed has worked an an employee in the local municipal corporatin for 30 years. He now runs an NGO that is largely into eduction

Raghunath Dada Patil- Son of a freedom fighter, he began his public life with Chandrashekarji's padyatra. Since then he has been the president of the Shetkari Snaghatan.

Naresh Thakur- A member of IAC since the beginning, Naresh quit his work to fight for the nation. He is young worker, very popular with the team

Savita Shinde- Savita Shinde joined us from Samajwadi Party but she is from the socialist group Rashtriya Seva Dal. Was Vice President of International Union of Social Youth, worlds largest political youth organisation. Has travelled extensively across thoe world through. She had formed Shetkari Sagharsh Samiti to work on Famrers issues nad runs a cooperative for women. She has worked on many social issues

Satish Jain- An enginner and MBA from IIM Bangalore, has quit his job as a fund manager with HDFC mutual funds, maanging a portfolio of 4000 crores to join AAP. He is the lead person on manifesto and policy related issues in the Maharashtra team

Narendra Singh Granthi- Narendra is the District Convenor of Nanded Committee and has been with us since IAC times. He ris a few small businesses

Vikram Salve- Has been a social worker and environmentalist since a decade. He has largely been working on voter awarenss since 2007. He has been closely working with Anna Hazare. He runs a nursery business.

Salma Kulkarni- Her parents were renowned social activists, and she began her public life with NCS Pune. Her focus has been on womens issues, member of Mahila Swaraj Abhiayn in Gujarat. Presently she works on atrocities on dalit women and manual scavengers

Dr Sanjay Apranti- Retired State Cadre Superintendent of Police, he is an MD Physiology, and has two other post graduation degrees in sociology, and criminology. He is known amongst activists as being a brave officer

Pratap Goswami- He is small scale businessmen who has been working on stopping farmer suicides. He has fought against land acquisition, and many other farmer issues. Formed Samta Udyojak Parishad to ecourage entrepreurship amongst SC, ST, OBC and minorities.

Colonel Gadkari- Retired Colonel, 44 years of service. Member of the 18 Grenadiers which won Tiger Hill, has been NCC Group Commander who has managed schools and colleges in

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this constituency

Chorghe- Convenor of AAP District Committee, has spend 20 years in social work, building cemetries, running schools, etc. He is a Builder today but began as kite seller, worker in a grocery sotre, auto rickshaw driver and worked his way up

Nitin Udmale- A graduate of agricultue, he became a Class 1 officer in 1st attempt when he was 23 and served a BDO and Dy CEO. He then took a private job and has been associated with Anna hazare since 2000.

Judge Nikam- A retired District Judge, he is working as an educationist and is part of our movement since the start

U K Chaudhary- WING COMMANDER PROFESSOR UK CHOUDHARY is a mechanical engineer from MANIT Bhopal and an ex- officer of INDIAN AIR FORCE , who was awarded VISHISHT SEVA MEDAL by PRESIDENT of india in the year 1996 while serving in TACTICS AND COMBAT DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT OF IAF ( TOP GUN OF INDIAN AIR FORCE) at JAMNAGAR (GUJRAT). After taking retirement, he was Director of Engineering college and professor in Mechanical engineering at Bhopal and he belongs to BALAGHAT which is his ancestral place.He has been active in M.P. and fighting for the cause of ex-servicemen, martyrs, their families in particular and for weaker sections of society at large..

Krishna Mahobia- Krishna has been working with Anubhav Samaj Seva Janhit Samiti NGO. She has been working in the field of child education and poor people from past 10 years. She has for handicapt people she worked a lot to make them self dependent and made them aware of government policities.

Mahesh Madhavlal Dubey- Mahesh is farmer by profession and has been working for adivasi and poor children. He also also started school and colleges for them in english medium in year 2000 and has done various work for the development of Adivasis .

Sujeet Sangte- Sujeet was councillor from 1994-99 in Dewas and was one of the youngest councillors. He was leader in the safai-karamchari sangathan of the Congress. Sujeet has been involved in social activities from more than 20 years.

Hemlata Dhad- Hemlata is a doctor by profession, who has recently retired as professor from Govt. Medical College, Indore. She was also executive committee Member of Bhopal University and Joint Secratary of OBGY, Indore branch. She has been fighting for Ladies on ground and has filed many PILs as well.

Prashant Tripathi- Prashant is a well known super specilist dentist in Rajgarh area. He has been working for Oral Cancer patients from past 5 years. His nanaji was a freedom fighter. Prashant is also General Secretary of "Vijay lakshya 2015 vishwa" which is largest anti tobaco program in India.

Henri Machar- Henri is the State Convenor of Eesaari (Christian) Mahasangh and has been working for the Christian community. He has also been working for Adivasi Vikas Parishad for the development and rights of tribes.

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