Chandigarh: The Aam Aadmi Party has nominated former cricketer Harbhajan Singh, Lovely Professional University founder Ashok Mittal, AAP MLA Raghav Chadha, IIT Delhi faculty Sandeep Pathak and industrialist Sanjeev Arora for the March 31 Rajya Sabha polls.
All five party candidates filed their nomination papers at the Punjab Vidhan Sabha complex on Monday. On being elected, 33-year-old Raghav Chadha will be the youngest Rajya Sabha member. Currently, the youngest member is Olympics bronze medallist boxer Mary Kom (39).
No other political party nominated any candidate for the polls, said officials. The term of five Rajya Sabha members from Punjab - Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa (SAD), Naresh Gujral (SAD), Partap Singh Bajwa (Congress), Shamsher Singh Dullo (Congress) and Shwait Malik (BJP) will expire on April 9.
Meanwhile, the opposition parties slammed AAP over the choice of candidates, accusing it of cheating people by fielding outsiders. Former cricketer Harbhajan Singh said his focus will be on promoting sports and improving sports-related infrastructure. Harbhajan Singh was a former spinner of the Indian cricket team. Hailing from Jalandhar, Singh also captained Mumbai Indians and Kings Xl Pun- jab in the IPL.
