Mumbai: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday released its third list of 15 candidates for the upcoming BMC elections. With this, the party has now announced 51 candidates. It plans to contest all 227 seats across Mumbai.On Dec 25, the party announced 36 candidates, while last week it announced 21 candidates. This is the first time the party is contesting the Mumbai municipal polls.“At a time when political parties have not been able to seal alliances, despite political expediency, the Aam Aadmi Party has accommodated its workers and civic heroes as candidates for the upcoming BMC polls,” said AAP’s Preeti Sharma Menon.On Dec 19, AAP MP Sanjay Singh announced that the party would contest all 227 seats in the BMC elections and unveiled the first list of 21 candidates. Singh said the Aam Aadmi Party was confident of winning every seat it contests, citing the ‘Kejriwal govt model’ as proof of its governance credentials. He added that the party’s broom symbol deserved an opportunity to address civic issues and ‘clean up the city.’
