The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has renominated ND Gupta and jailed party leader Sanjay Singh for their second terms in the Rajya Sabha, India's upper house of parliament. The party's candidates for the January 19 Rajya Sabha elections, including former Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal, filed their nominations on Monday.
The six-year term of Sanjay Singh, Sushil Kumar Gupta, and N D Gupta ends on January 27. Maliwal's name has been nominated by the party to replace Sushil Gupta.
The officials said Maliwal, ND Gupta, and Singh filed their nominations at the Delhi transport commissioner's office in Civil Lines. The election, if necessary, to fill up the three vacancies will be held on January 19. The last date for filing nominations is January 9, while the scrutiny of nominations will take place on January 10. The last date for the withdrawal of candidatures is January 12.
Maliwal resigned as the DCW chairperson after AAP fielded her as its Rajya Sabha candidate on Friday.