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AAP leaders from East Delhi and Chandni Chowk constituencies have released their election manifestos.
The New Leam
The Aam Admi Party leaders Atishi Marlena and Pankaj Gupta released their respective election manifestos for two constituencies in Delhi on Tuesday. The Aam Admi Party is contesting for seven seats in the Lok Sabha Assembly 2019.
It has raised seven candidates from each of the seven constituencies. Pankaj Gupta will be contesting from the Chandni Chowk seat of AAP, Dilip Pandey from North East Delhi , Atishi Marlena from East Delhi, Brijesh Goyal from New Delhi, Guggan Singh from North West Delhi, Balbir Singh Jakhar from West Delhi and Raghav Chadha from South Delhi. Delhi will have single phased elections and the state will go on polls on 12th May, 2019.
Amongst the list of agendas stated by the party their primary focus is to achieve full statehood for the state of Delhi. Atishi emphasized on the area of education and security for the residents of East Delhi, she has promised to increase the number of PCR vans and police personnel at each municipal ward in East Delhi, she has also promised to ensure that every student who is a resident of Delhi will get a seat in colleges and universities across Delhi. Attaining full statehood for New Delhi is also an important point in her manifesto.
Pankaj Gupta has stressed on the health sector in his constituency, he has promised to open 125 Mohalla clinics in the state if he is elected to power. Although statehood for Delhi is not a subject of his manifesto but he has emphasized on making Delhi greener by developing community parks in the city. He has given an assurance to install approximately 40,000 cameras in Chandi Chowk constituency. His manifesto also deals with the education and employment sector where he has promised to ensure educational development in his constituency. For employment generation he has promised to create a start up hub called “Sankalp Patra” which will ensure smooth business and maximum employment generation. Traffic management is yet another area of concern for the political leader (Pankaj Gupta).
Atishi Marlena, is a politician from the AAP party who has played an extremely instrumental role in transforming government schools in Delhi. She has served as the advisor to the Deputy Chief Minister of the State Manish Sisodia but later on she was arbitrarily removed from her position for allegedly holding an unapproved designation.
Pankaj Gupta was an IT professional working in the software industry until he left his job to join the Aam Admi Party in 2012. He has served as a member of the party’s (AAP) Political Affairs Committee since then. Pankaj Gupta will be contesting the election from Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency that includes ten Vidhan Sabha constituencies which are Chandni Chowk, Matia Mahal, Ballimaran, Sadar Bazaar, Tri Nagar, Shakur Basti, Shalimar Bagh, Adarsh Nagar, Model Town and Wazirpur.
