Jailed AAP Leader Sanjay Singh Files Rajya Sabha Nomination

The three candidates nominated by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) — Swati Maliwal, N.D. Gupta, and Sanjay Singh — for the upper house of Parliament, filed their nominations on Monday.

The party had on January 5 announced its decision to renominate Mr. Singh and Mr. Gupta, and field the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chairperson for the three Rajya Sabha seats from Delhi, for which elections will be held on January 19. Following the announcement, Ms. Maliwal resigned as the DCW chief. The six-year tenures of Mr. Singh and Mr. Gupta end on January 27.

Mr. Singh, who is currently in judicial custody in the Delhi excise policy case, was brought before the returning officer under police protection after a court here on Saturday permitted him to file the nomination personally, provided that he does not address a public gathering.